Enrollment
258
High
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARNASSUS PREPARATORY SCHOOL·NCES 270033304817
Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric
11201 96TH AVE N, MAPLE GROVE, MN 55369 · (763) 496-1416 · Hennepin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
95 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 | 92 | 36% |
| Grade 10 | 67 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 47 | 18% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
69.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
50.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 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 Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric
Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric this school | 258 | 36.8% | 58.8% |
| EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL MINNETONKA | 702 | 36.3% | 69.3% |
| FIT Academy High School APPLE VALLEY | 194 | 43.3% | 32.1% |
| Lionsgate Academy - Minnetonka MINNETONKA | 150 | 30.0% | 35.2% |
| ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE SENIOR HIGH SAINT ANTHONY | 752 | 29.9% | 44.0% |
| Secondary Technical Ed Prog S.T.E.P ANOKA | 83 | 33.7% | N/A |
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 Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #26 of 397 | #7 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #50 of 401 | #9 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #21 of 397 | #8 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #291 of 764 | #38 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #66 of 332 | #8 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #56 of 338 | #20 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #217 of 444 | #33 of 51 |
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
258
+85 (+49%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 258 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 37% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 254 | 20.4 | 12.4:1 | 36% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 17.9 | 12.6:1 | 35% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 173 | 14 | 12.4:1 | 21% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 104 | 13.9 | 7.5:1 | 33% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 37 | 5 | 7.4:1 | 24% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric.
Since 2017-18: students up 148% (104 to 258); teachers up 37% (13.9 to 19).
About Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric
Federal records list Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric as a high school in MAPLE GROVE, Minnesota. The school enrolls 258 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Minnesota is about 371, so this school runs 30% smaller than that.
Parnassus Preparatory School has 1,352 students spread across 3 schools.
Black students are the largest group at Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric, with 42% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 41% White, 9% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 13%. Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric is 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.6:1. That ratio is under the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 37%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric is among the top 10% of schools in Minnesota. Predicted: 45.3%. Actual: 58.8%.
Census estimates describe Hennepin County this way: median household income is about $97,653, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Hennepin County number 496 and enroll about 177,509.
The nearest other public school, Parnassus Preparatory School-Logic, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric as a charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 173 to 258. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.4:1 to 13.6:1.
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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 Parnassus Preparatory School
- Parnassus Prep Sch-GrammarElementary · 623 students
- Parnassus Preparatory School-LogicMiddle · 471 students
Other schools in MAPLE GROVE
- MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,453 students
- Maple Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,598 students
- FERNBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 952 students
- BASSWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 848 students
- RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARYElementary · 762 students
- Weaver Lake Science Math & Tech SchElementary · 668 students
Nearby schools
- Parnassus Preparatory School-Logic0.0 mi · 471
- Parnassus Prep Sch-Grammar0.0 mi · 623
- Osseo Middle School0.8 mi · 1,128
- ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 565
- OSSEO SENIOR HIGH1.1 mi · 2,289
- Noble Academy Elementary1.2 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Parnassus Prep School-RhetoricHow many students attend Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric?
Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric enrolls approximately 258 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric serve?
Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric is approximately 13.6:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric?
Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric reports a student body of 41% White, 4% Hispanic, 42% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric public or private?
Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Parnassus Preparatory School.
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