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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24About BRIDGES
Set in ANDOVER, Minnesota, BRIDGES is a rural-scale 9-12 campus, run under Anoka-Hennepin School District. It serves 77 students across grade 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so BRIDGES sits 79% below that benchmark.
Within Anoka-Hennepin School District, which oversees 53 schools and 38,746 students, BRIDGES is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, BRIDGES lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BRIDGES has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 3.9:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Anoka County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Anoka County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,869 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BRIDGES is one of 145 public schools in Anoka County (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students).
Nearest neighbor: Crooked Lake Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a residential site.
Over the past 6-year window. BRIDGES's enrollment has shrank 17% since 2018, when it stood at 93 (now 77). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 75% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 5.2:1 in 2018 to 3.9:1 today.
On allk12, members of the BRIDGES community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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