PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL

PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL operates as a substantial secondary school in BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota, one of the schools within OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 2,061 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 456% larger than typical.

Across the 31 schools in OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (21,138 students total), PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Black (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL logs 130 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages about 16.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.0%; this one delivers 23.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Hennepin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Brooklyn Middle STEAM School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 23.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 2,027 (now 2,061). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 15% to 9% over that span.

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