Secondary Technical Ed Prog S.T.E.P

Located at 1353 W HIGHWAY 10, in ANOKA, Minnesota, Secondary Technical Ed Prog S.T.E.P is a minimally staffed senior high that caters to 83 students (grades 10 through 12), overseen by Anoka-Hennepin School District. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 78% smaller than typical.

Anoka-Hennepin School District runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 38,746 students. Secondary Technical Ed Prog S.T.E.P is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Secondary Technical Ed Prog S.T.E.P logs that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest reads as 14% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Anoka County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 3.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Secondary Technical Ed Prog S.T.E.P tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 34% of students at Secondary Technical Ed Prog S.T.E.P qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Anoka County (around 42%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Anoka County indicate median household income runs about $101,869, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Anoka County runs 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), of which Secondary Technical Ed Prog S.T.E.P is one.

The closest other public school is Secondary Virtual School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Secondary Technical Ed Prog S.T.E.P operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Secondary Technical Ed Prog S.T.E.P has fell 53%, going from 176 students in 2018 to 83 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 7.8:1 in 2018 to 3.0:1 in 2025.

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