River Bend Educational Center

River Bend Educational Center is a school serving multiple grade levels located in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, in Hennepin County. The school has 65 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 12. That compares with an average of about 50 students for combined schools in Minnesota.

Minneapolis Public School District has 86 schools and 29,928 students, and River Bend Educational Center is one of those schools.

Of every 100 students at River Bend Educational Center, about 65 are Black. The school is also 14% multiracial, 11% White, 8% Hispanic, and 3% Native American. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 13%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, River Bend Educational Center scores 54%.

River Bend Educational Center has a student-to-teacher ratio of 3.6:1, with 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, combined schools in Minnesota average 6.4:1. The school has 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Hennepin County average 43%.

In the surrounding county, Hennepin County, median household income comes to about $97,653, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 496 public schools and about 177,509 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Harrison Education Center, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 65, down from 83 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 3.6 students per teacher, compared with 6.9 in 2020-21.

This page is set up for the River Bend Educational Center community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.