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How has ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,396
High
DISTRICT 622 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273178001319
ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH
8230 47TH AVE N, NEW HOPE, MN 55428 · (763) 504-8500 · Hennepin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,396 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Minnesota public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
17.7:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
983 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 323 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 339 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 382 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 352 | 25% |
Student demographics
74%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
37.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
10.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH
ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH this school | 1,396 | 70.4% | 25.3% |
| Edison High MINNEAPOLIS | 865 | 70.3% | 29.9% |
| Fridley Senior High FRIDLEY | 796 | 70.0% | 26.1% |
| South High MINNEAPOLIS | 1,257 | 65.1% | 25.8% |
| APOLLO SENIOR HIGH SAINT CLOUD | 1,264 | 61.8% | 24.0% |
| Camden High MINNEAPOLIS | 783 | 72.4% | 14.7% |
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 ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #342 of 397 | #33 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #377 of 401 | #40 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #306 of 397 | #32 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,396 | #61 of 764 | #16 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #199 of 332 | #18 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #12 of 338 | #2 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #48 of 444 | #15 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #70 of 146 | #7 of 16 |
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
1,396
-298 (-18%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 1,721
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 28.7:1
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 | 1,396 | 79 | 17.7:1 | 70% (983) |
| 2023-24 | 1,474 | 86.2 | 17.1:1 | 71% (1,053) |
| 2022-23 | 1,630 | 58.8 | 27.7:1 | 75% (1,229) |
| 2020-21 | 1,694 | 59 | 28.7:1 | 61% (1,032) |
| 2017-18 | 1,556 | 84.5 | 18.4:1 | 64% (991) |
| 2015-16 | 1,623 | 93 | 17.4:1 | 65% (1,052) |
| 2010-11 | 1,863 | 90 | 20.7:1 | 53% (987) |
| 2000-01 | 2,031 | 101 | 20.1:1 | 22% (437) |
| 1990-91 | 1,721 | 97 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,556 to 1,396); teachers down 7% (84.5 to 79).
About ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH
ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH is a large high school in NEW HOPE, Minnesota, (ZIP code 55428). The school enrolls 1,396 students in grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 371 students for high schools in Minnesota.
ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH, has 25 schools and 10,821 students.
Black students account for 38% of enrollment at ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH, more than any other group. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 18% White, 10% multiracial, and 9% Asian. By comparison, Hennepin County residents are about 13% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH scores 74%.
There are 79 full-time-equivalent teachers at ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH, giving a ratio of 17.7:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Minnesota is 16.3:1. A total of 983 students, or 70%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 43% average among public schools in Hennepin County.
Among Minnesota public high schools, ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH is 1.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (25.3% versus 27.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Minnesota.
The county, Hennepin County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $97,653, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 496 public schools and about 177,509 students.
ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH's closest public school neighbor is New Hope Learning Center, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH, there are at least 8 other public schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 18%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 28.7 to 17.7 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROBBINSDALE ARMSTRONG SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,840 students
- PLYMOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 749 students
- Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion El.Elementary · 733 students
- ROBBINSDALE MIDDLEMiddle · 567 students
- MEADOW LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 488 students
- NORTHPORT ELEMENTARYElementary · 488 students
Other schools in NEW HOPE
- Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion El.Elementary · 733 students
- MEADOW LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 488 students
- SONNESYN ELEMENTARYElementary · 313 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATIONElementary · 271 students
- Escuela ExitosElementary · 231 students
- North Education Center AcademyHigh · 37 students
Nearby schools
- New Hope Learning Center0.1 mi · 16
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION0.1 mi · 271
- Escuela Exitos0.2 mi · 231
- Robbinsdale Shared Time Program0.7 mi · 6
- FOREST ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 464
- North Education Center Academy0.9 mi · 37
Frequently asked questions
About ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH?
ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 1,396 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH serve?
ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH is approximately 17.7:1 (79 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH?
At ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH, the student body is approximately 18% White, 25% Hispanic, 38% Black, 9% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH?
ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH is overseen by ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Hennepin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.