FAIR High

FAIR High is a mid-sized senior high in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, overseen by Minneapolis Public School District. The school educates 337 students in grades 9 through 12.

Minneapolis Public School District runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 29,928 students. FAIR High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, FAIR High shows that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 34% Black, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, FAIR High has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages about 16.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 60% 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FAIR High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.0%, the actual is 38.7%, a residual of +5.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. FAIR High is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Nearest neighbor: Loring-Nicollet High, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 57%: 215 students in 2018 compared to 337 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 49% to 34% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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