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What's the most underrated thing about PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
2,061
High
DISTRICT 1,026 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272520001221
PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL
7300 BROOKLYN BLVD, BROOKLYN PARK, MN 55443 · (763) 569-7600 · Hennepin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,061 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Minnesota public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
130 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
1,307 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 498 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 528 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 548 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 487 | 24% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
32.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
12.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL
PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL this school | 2,061 | 63.4% | 23.0% |
| Como Park Senior High SAINT PAUL | 1,034 | 69.1% | 22.0% |
| North Senior High NORTH SAINT PAUL | 1,649 | 63.5% | 26.8% |
| Tartan Senior High OAKDALE | 1,687 | 59.2% | 28.4% |
| Camden High MINNEAPOLIS | 783 | 72.4% | 14.7% |
| OSSEO SENIOR HIGH OSSEO | 2,289 | 51.1% | 39.0% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #363 of 397 | #37 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #372 of 401 | #36 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #352 of 397 | #37 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,061 | #23 of 764 | #8 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #131 of 332 | #13 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #16 of 338 | #4 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.4% | #69 of 444 | #20 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #162 of 181 | #22 of 23 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,061
+687 (+50%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 1,663
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,061 | 130.5 | 15.8:1 | 63% (1,307) |
| 2023-24 | 1,991 | 123.8 | 16.1:1 | 72% (1,439) |
| 2022-23 | 1,908 | 111.5 | 17.1:1 | 70% (1,328) |
| 2020-21 | 1,374 | 95 | 14.5:1 | 46% (633) |
| 2017-18 | 2,027 | 124.3 | 16.3:1 | 67% (1,360) |
| 2015-16 | 1,988 | 114 | 17.4:1 | 65% (1,295) |
| 2010-11 | 1,469 | 84 | 17.5:1 | 58% (848) |
| 2000-01 | 1,502 | 85 | 17.7:1 | 29% (440) |
| 1990-91 | 1,663 | 98 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (2,027 to 2,061); teachers up 5% (124.3 to 130.5).
About PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL
PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL is a high school located in BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota, in Hennepin County. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 2,061 students. It has 456% more students than the average for high schools in Minnesota (about 371).
PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL sits within OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 31 schools and 21,138 students.
At PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL, Black students make up the biggest share, 34%. Enrollment also includes 34% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 9% White, and 7% multiracial. Among people living in Hennepin County, the Black share is about 13%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
Its staff includes 130.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.8 students per teacher. The average ratio among high schools in Minnesota is similar, at 16.3:1. Roughly 63% of students at PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 16% of Minnesota public high schools.
PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL scores 23.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 31.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Hennepin County show that median household income comes to about $97,653, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Hennepin County has 496 public schools with about 177,509 students, including PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Brooklyn Middle STEAM School, is the closest to PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 23.5%, higher than PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL's 23.0%.
PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school counted 1,374 students in 2020-21 and 2,061 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.5:1 to 15.8:1.
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Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,453 students
- OSSEO SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,289 students
- Maple Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,598 students
- Osseo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- FERNBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 952 students
- Brooklyn Middle STEAM SchoolMiddle · 931 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN PARK
- Brooklyn Middle STEAM SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Athlos Leadership AcademyElementary · 807 students
- EDINBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 701 students
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 609 students
- Monroe Elementary School - MSEElementary · 553 students
- EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTERElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- Brooklyn Middle STEAM School0.1 mi · 931
- Early Childhood Special Education0.4 mi · 404
- Zanewood Community School STEAM0.6 mi · 317
- BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS0.7 mi · 460
- North View Middle School0.8 mi · 509
- PALMER LAKE ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOLHow large is PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL?
PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,061 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL serve?
PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL is approximately 15.8:1 (130 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL?
At PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 9% White, 15% Hispanic, 34% Black, 34% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL in?
PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL is part of OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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