Center School

Center School is a minimally staffed four-year high school in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, part of Minneapolis Public School District. The school hosts 37 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 90% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

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

Demographically, Center School lists that nearly all students (81%) are Native American; the rest looks like 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, Roughly 97% of students at Center School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hennepin County shows median household income runs about $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Center School is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

The closest other public school is Takoda Prep, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Center School's enrollment has climbed 6% since 2018, when it stood at 35 (now 37). Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 8% across the same window.

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