Longfellow Alternative High

Located at 3017 E 31ST ST, in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Longfellow Alternative High is an one-room-style high school that educates 50 students (grades 7 through 12), run under Minneapolis Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 87% leaner than typical.

Within Minneapolis Public School District, which oversees 86 schools and 29,928 students, Longfellow Alternative High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Longfellow Alternative High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 38% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% White, 4% Native American. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Longfellow Alternative High records 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Longfellow Alternative High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at Longfellow Alternative High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Hennepin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Longfellow Alternative High is one.

Universal Academy Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Longfellow Alternative High operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Longfellow Alternative High has contracted 40%, going from 84 students in 2018 to 50 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.