MTS HIGH SCHOOL

MTS HIGH SCHOOL is a compact senior high in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, one of the schools within Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch. The school teaches 158 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 57% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Across the 10 schools in Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch (5,721 students total), MTS HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MTS HIGH SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 33% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 10% White. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MTS HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.1%, the actual is 11.8%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household income runs about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. MTS HIGH SCHOOL is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Universal Academy Middle/High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MTS HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, MTS HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 20.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. MTS HIGH SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MTS HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 28%, going from 219 students in 2018 to 158 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 55% to 41%.

On allk12, the feed for MTS HIGH SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.