School #531

Set in BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota, School #531 is a small combined-grade school, one of the schools within Intermediate School District 287. It teaches 33 students across grades K through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 50 students each, so School #531 sits 34% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Intermediate School District 287, which oversees 15 schools and 927 students, School #531 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, School #531 records that White students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder reads as 15% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, School #531 has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.3:1. The state averages about 6.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), School #531 is one campus in the mix.

School #530 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around School #531.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at School #531 has edged down 33%, going from 49 students in 2018 to 33 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 4% to 12%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 8.2:1 in 2018 to 6.3:1 in 2025.

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