Shorewood Education Center

Set in SHOREWOOD, Minnesota, Shorewood Education Center is a tiny secondary school, run under MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 35 students across grade 12. Enrollment runs roughly 91% leaner than the state mean of about 371.

MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 11,323 students; Shorewood Education Center is among them.

Demographically, Shorewood Education Center records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest is composed of 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Shorewood Education Center logs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.9:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household income runs about $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), Shorewood Education Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Tonka Online, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Shorewood Education Center's enrollment has edged up 35% since 2018, when it stood at 26 (now 35). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 15% to 6% over that span.

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