Anwatin Middle

Located at 256 UPTON AVE S, in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Anwatin Middle is an intimate 6-8 campus that instructs 334 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Minneapolis Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 33% leaner than typical.

Anwatin Middle is one of 86 schools operated by Minneapolis Public School District, a district that instructs 29,928 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Anwatin Middle reports that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Anwatin Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 22.6%; this one comes in at 9.1%, -13.5 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) records that median household earnings sit near $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), Anwatin Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bryn Mawr Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Anwatin Middle comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 21.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Anwatin Middle has decreased 41%, going from 569 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 38% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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