Mounds View Senior High

As a large high school in ARDEN HILLS, Minnesota, Mounds View Senior High enrolls 1,833 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Mounds View Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 394% bigger than the state mean of about 371.

Within Mounds View Public School District, which oversees 23 schools and 11,934 students, Mounds View Senior High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Mounds View Senior High reports that White students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder consists of 12% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Mounds View Senior High has 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.8:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 16% of students at Mounds View Senior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mounds View Senior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.4%; this one delivers 62.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Ramsey County shows median household earnings sit near $81,568, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Mounds View Senior High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Valentine Hills Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mounds View Senior High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mounds View Senior High's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,794 (now 1,833). The White share of enrollment decreased from 73% to 67% over that span.

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