Loring-Nicollet High

Loring-Nicollet High is a micro-enrollment high school in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, part of Minneapolis Public School District. The school serves 57 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 85% leaner than the state mean of about 371.

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

On demographics, Loring-Nicollet High records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Black, 26% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Native American. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

In the broader community, census data for Hennepin County shows median household income runs about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Loring-Nicollet High is one.

Wellstone International High - SWS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Loring-Nicollet High's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 60 (now 57). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 12% to 33% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.