North High

As a sizable secondary school in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, North High caters to 591 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Minneapolis Public School District. That puts it 59% bigger 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; North High is among them.

On the student-mix side, North High records that 66% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% White, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, North High is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 24.4%; North High posts 8.3%, -16.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) records that median household income runs about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North High is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

The closest other public school is MPS Online 6-12, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, North High comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 13.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 36%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 591 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 90% to 66% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 6.1:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.