River Bend Educational Center

River Bend Educational Center is a mid-tier K-12 campus in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, one of the schools within Minneapolis Public School District. The school serves 65 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 30% above the state mean of about 50.

Across the 86 schools in Minneapolis Public School District (29,928 students total), River Bend Educational Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, River Bend Educational Center shows that 65% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 14% multiracial, 11% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Native American. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, River Bend Educational Center shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 3.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 6.4:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household earnings sit near $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which River Bend Educational Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: Harrison Education Center, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

River Bend Educational Center operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 78 students in 2018 compared to 65 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 81% to 65% over that span.

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