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What's one thing Southwest High gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,195
High
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272124001037
Southwest High
3414 W 47TH ST, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55410 · (612) 668-3030 · Hennepin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,195 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
306 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 266 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 312 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 312 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 305 | 26% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
70.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
47.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Southwest High
Southwest High's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest High this school | 1,195 | 25.6% | 58.7% |
| MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH MANKATO | 1,232 | 26.5% | 56.1% |
| Jefferson High School BLOOMINGTON | 1,684 | 28.0% | 42.0% |
| BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH BIG LAKE | 902 | 28.7% | 36.5% |
| CHASKA HIGH SCHOOL CHASKA | 1,495 | 21.1% | 56.2% |
| LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH LAKEVILLE | 1,816 | 22.4% | 48.1% |
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 Southwest High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #28 of 397 | #8 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #73 of 401 | #12 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #19 of 397 | #7 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,195 | #80 of 764 | #18 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #124 of 332 | #11 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #96 of 338 | #27 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.6% | #340 of 444 | #41 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.4% | #6 of 146 | #1 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
1,195
-723 (-38%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 1,195
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 27.8:1
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 | 1,195 | 76 | 15.7:1 | 26% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 1,310 | 73.1 | 17.9:1 | 26% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 1,484 | 53.1 | 27.9:1 | 29% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 1,918 | 69 | 27.8:1 | 38% (735) |
| 2017-18 | 1,908 | 103.7 | 18.4:1 | 39% (752) |
| 2015-16 | 1,757 | 92 | 19.1:1 | 36% (631) |
| 2010-11 | 1,752 | 76 | 23.1:1 | 32% (557) |
| 2000-01 | 1,694 | 89 | 19.0:1 | 36% (602) |
| 1990-91 | 1,195 | 59 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwest High.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (1,908 to 1,195); teachers down 27% (103.7 to 76).
About Southwest High
Southwest High is classified as a high school. It is located in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. It enrolls 1,195 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. It has 222% more students than the average for high schools in Minnesota (about 371).
Within Minneapolis Public School District, Southwest High is one of 86 schools. The district enrolls 29,928 students.
More than half of enrollment at Southwest High is White: 66%. Enrollment also includes 15% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Hennepin County overall, the White share is about 66%. The diversity index for Southwest High is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Southwest High has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1, with 76 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Minnesota is about 16.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 26% at Southwest High. It compares with 43% for public schools in Hennepin County.
In Minnesota, Southwest High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 58.7% actual against a predicted 51.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hennepin County show that the median household earns about $97,653 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Hennepin County has 496 public schools with about 177,509 students, including Southwest High.
Southwest High's closest public school neighbor is Southwest High - SWS, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Southwest High ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Southwest High falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Southwest High enrolled 1,918 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,195. Federal data show the ratio falling from 27.8:1 to 15.7:1.
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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 Minneapolis Public School District
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
- Edison HighHigh · 865 students
Other schools in MINNEAPOLIS
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
- Edison HighHigh · 865 students
Other Southwest High schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Southwest High. Southwest High is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Southwest High SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 2,363 students
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 2,110 students
- Southwest HighEl Centro, CA · 1,846 students
- Southwest High SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 1,155 students
- Southwest HighGreen Bay, WI · 1,025 students
Nearby schools
- Southwest High - SWS0.0 mi · 1
- Lake Harriet Upper Elementary0.5 mi · 284
- Lake Harriet Lower Elementary0.8 mi · 309
- Agamim Classical Academy0.8 mi · 266
- SUSAN LINDGREN ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 457
- Burroughs Elementary1.3 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Southwest HighWhat is the total enrollment at Southwest High?
Southwest High enrolls approximately 1,195 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Southwest High serve?
Southwest High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Southwest High?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Southwest High.
What is the student diversity at Southwest High?
Student demographics at Southwest High are roughly 66% White, 9% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Southwest High in?
Southwest High is part of Minneapolis Public School District.
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