MERC

Set in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, MERC is a rural-scale secondary school, overseen by Minneapolis Public School District. It instructs 60 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 84% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Minneapolis Public School District comprises 86 schools with combined enrollment of 29,928 students; MERC is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MERC reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 28% Black, 8% White, 8% Native American, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Roughly 88% of students at MERC qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household earnings sit near $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. MERC is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Nearest neighbor: MERC Extended, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MERC.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. MERC's enrollment has edged up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 56 (now 60). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 25% to 50% over that span.

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