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What's the most underrated thing about Fridley Senior High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
796
High
DISTRICT 307 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRIDLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271242000611
Fridley Senior High
6000 W MOORE LAKE DR, FRIDLEY, MN 55432 · (763) 502-5601 · Anoka County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL796 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Minnesota public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
557 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 190 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 212 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 199 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 195 | 24% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
33.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
19.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fridley Senior High
Fridley Senior High's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fridley Senior High this school | 796 | 70.0% | 26.1% |
| Edison High MINNEAPOLIS | 865 | 70.3% | 29.9% |
| ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH NEW HOPE | 1,396 | 70.4% | 25.3% |
| APOLLO SENIOR HIGH SAINT CLOUD | 1,264 | 61.8% | 24.0% |
| Camden High MINNEAPOLIS | 783 | 72.4% | 14.7% |
| North High MINNEAPOLIS | 591 | 75.6% | 8.3% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fridley Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #337 of 397 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #312 of 401 | #9 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #340 of 397 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 796 | #111 of 764 | #9 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #61 of 332 | #4 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #31 of 338 | #3 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #50 of 444 | #3 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #67 of 146 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
796
-120 (-13%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 717
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 25.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 796 | 59 | 13.5:1 | 70% (557) |
| 2023-24 | 799 | 45.3 | 17.6:1 | 70% (557) |
| 2022-23 | 854 | 36.2 | 23.6:1 | 75% (640) |
| 2020-21 | 916 | 36 | 25.4:1 | 55% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 892 | 52.9 | 16.9:1 | 60% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 810 | 48 | 16.9:1 | 55% (445) |
| 2010-11 | 889 | 50 | 17.8:1 | 48% (428) |
| 2000-01 | 789 | 40 | 19.7:1 | 21% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 717 | 39 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fridley Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (892 to 796); teachers up 11% (52.9 to 59).
About Fridley Senior High
Fridley Senior High is a large high school in FRIDLEY, Minnesota, one of the schools in Fridley Public School District. It reports enrollment of 796 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Minnesota, the average enrollment is about 371.
Fridley Public School District runs 10 schools with a combined 2,712 students. Fridley Senior High is one of them.
Black students make up 45% of enrollment at Fridley Senior High, the largest share of any group. Next come 20% White, 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. That compares with about 9% Black among all Anoka County residents. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Fridley Senior High are from different groups.
On staff are 59 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1. The average for high schools in Minnesota is 16.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 70% of students at Fridley Senior High are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 42% for public schools in Anoka County.
Fridley Senior High holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of Minnesota public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Fridley Senior High is -1.3 points: 26.1% actual, 27.4% predicted.
In the wider Anoka County area, median household income comes to about $101,869, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Fridley Senior High shares Anoka County with 144 other public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Fridley Moore Lk Area Learning Ctr, is the closest to Fridley Senior High. Fridley Senior High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 26.1% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 4 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 120 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 25.4 to 13.5 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Fridley Senior High. You can also rate the school on this page.
Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fridley Public School District
- Fridley MiddleMiddle · 694 students
- Stevenson ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Hayes ElementaryElementary · 432 students
- Voluntary Prekindergarten SchoolElementary · 138 students
- Fridley Moore Lk Area Learning CtrHigh · 121 students
- Early Childhood Special Education SElementary · 39 students
Other schools in FRIDLEY
- Fridley MiddleMiddle · 694 students
- Woodcrest El. Spanish ImmersionElementary · 558 students
- Stevenson ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- North Park School for InnovationElementary · 433 students
- Hayes ElementaryElementary · 432 students
- Metro Heights AcademyHigh · 198 students
Nearby schools
- Fridley Moore Lk Area Learning Ctr0.0 mi · 121
- Transitions School0.0 mi · 4
- Early Childhood Special Education S0.3 mi · 39
- Voluntary Prekindergarten School0.3 mi · 138
- Fridley Middle0.3 mi · 694
- Fridley Middle Area Learning Center0.3 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About Fridley Senior HighHow many students attend Fridley Senior High?
Fridley Senior High enrolls approximately 796 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Fridley Senior High serve?
Fridley Senior High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Fridley Senior High?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Fridley Senior High.
What is the student diversity at Fridley Senior High?
Student demographics at Fridley Senior High are roughly 20% White, 20% Hispanic, 45% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Fridley Senior High public or private?
Fridley Senior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fridley Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.