Total enrollment
38,354
+635 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
60 schools in Anoka-Hennepin School District
Minnesota · 38,746 students · 10 cities
Anoka-Hennepin School District, Minnesota operates 60 public K-12 schools between its neighborhoods, enrolling about 38,746 students (around 646 per school).
4-year change in Anoka-Hennepin School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
50
+2 (+4%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Anoka-Hennepin School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Minnesota | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #62 of 163 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 38,746 | #1 of 269 | #148 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 53 | #3 of 269 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #151 of 267 | #5,742 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 38.8% | #121 of 269 | #5,659 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #30 of 152 | #1,120 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Anoka-Hennepin School District
State test results across the district's 36 scored schools run from Andover Elementary at 66.0% proficient to Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM at 22.3%, a gap of 43.8 points. That is the 10th widest gap among 84 Minnesota districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 40 district schools that reported both years went from 37,979 to 36,006 students (down 5%) and from 1,932 to 2,291 full-time teachers (up 19%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Anoka-Hennepin School District
Anoka-Hennepin School District administers 60 public schools across Minnesota, collectively educateing roughly 38,746 students.
For a sense of the school types, Anoka-Hennepin School District consists of 33 elementary, 6 middle, 18 high schools, and 3 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Anoka-Hennepin School District runs about 646 students per school, 81% above the state mean of roughly 357.
Five-year track record. Combined enrollment now sits at 38,354 students, remained close to its prior level from the 37,719 reported in SY 2020-21. Over that span, Anoka-Hennepin School District gained 2 schools, going from 48 to 50.
On this page, the community for Anoka-Hennepin School District discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.