Anchor

Anchor is a secondary school of one-room-style scale in COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minnesota, operated by Columbia Heights Public School Dist, serveing 11 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Anchor sits 97% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in Columbia Heights Public School Dist (3,516 students total), Anchor accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Anchor records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 27% White, 9% Black. By comparison, Anoka County as a whole is about 6% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Roughly 73% of students at Anchor qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Anoka County's rate of about 42%.

In the broader community, Anoka County reports that median household income runs about $101,869, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Anoka County's 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), Anchor is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Columbia Heights Transition Program, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Anchor operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Anchor has increased 83%, going from 6 students in 2018 to 11 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 33% to 64% over that span.

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