Karner Blue Education Center

Set in BLAINE, Minnesota, Karner Blue Education Center is a sprawling combined-grade school, one of the schools within Northeast Metro 916. It serves 101 students across grades K through 9. Enrollment runs roughly 102% larger than the state mean of about 50.

Within Northeast Metro 916, which oversees 13 schools and 856 students, Karner Blue Education Center is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Karner Blue Education Center records that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Anoka County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Karner Blue Education Center has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 3.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 6.4:1 average. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Anoka County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Anoka County shows 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. Across Anoka County's 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), Karner Blue Education Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Golden Lake Elementary, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Karner Blue Education Center.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 106 students in 2018 compared to 101 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 59% to 49% over that span.

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