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Alumni: what's one memory from SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,909
High
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273333001464
SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH
1100 81ST AVE NE, SPRING LAKE PARK, MN 55432 · (763) 600-5100 · Anoka County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,909 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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.
- CBeats 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
19.5:1
98 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 179.7:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
769 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 491 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 483 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 485 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 450 | 24% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
39.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
29.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH
SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH this school | 1,909 | 40.3% | 33.4% |
| Irondale Senior High NEW BRIGHTON | 1,812 | 45.3% | 40.8% |
| ROBBINSDALE ARMSTRONG SENIOR HIGH PLYMOUTH | 1,840 | 43.7% | 44.3% |
| Highland Park Senior High SAINT PAUL | 1,392 | 41.0% | 42.3% |
| Shakopee High School SHAKOPEE | 2,823 | 35.0% | 46.4% |
| John Marshall High School ROCHESTER | 1,549 | 40.7% | 41.5% |
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 SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #267 of 397 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #235 of 401 | #7 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #283 of 397 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,909 | #30 of 764 | #5 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #251 of 332 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #39 of 338 | #4 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.3% | #186 of 444 | #14 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.1% | #57 of 181 | #4 of 8 |
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
1,909
+59 (+3%) vs 2020
+74% since 1990-91, when it was 1,100
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 1,909 | 98.1 | 19.5:1 | 40% (769) |
| 2023-24 | 1,965 | 97 | 20.3:1 | 42% (824) |
| 2022-23 | 1,947 | 93.8 | 20.8:1 | 46% (890) |
| 2020-21 | 1,850 | 91 | 20.3:1 | 31% (565) |
| 2017-18 | 1,644 | 77.4 | 21.3:1 | 39% (633) |
| 2015-16 | 1,574 | 76 | 20.7:1 | 43% (673) |
| 2010-11 | 1,316 | 74 | 17.8:1 | 34% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 1,232 | 72 | 17.1:1 | 18% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 1,100 | 63 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (1,644 to 1,909); teachers up 27% (77.4 to 98.1).
About SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH
SPRING LAKE PARK, Minnesota, is home to SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH, a large high school. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 1,909 students. It has 415% more students than the average for high schools in Minnesota (about 371).
SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH falls under SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which has 12 schools enrolling 6,113 students.
Of every 100 students at SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH, about 48 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 19% Black, 17% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Anoka County is about 75% White. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH are from different groups.
For every teacher at SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH, there are about 19.5 students; the school has 98.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 40%. The figure for public schools in Anoka County is close, at 42%.
SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Minnesota public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH would be expected to post about 43.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.4%.
In the wider Anoka County area, median household income comes to about $101,869, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Anoka County's 145 public schools enroll about 59,656 students and include SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH.
SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH's nearest public school is SLP Schools Online Secondary (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH is 4th of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 3%, from 1,850 to 1,909.
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Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- Westwood Intermediate & Middle SchMiddle · 1,646 students
- Centerview ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- Woodcrest El. Spanish ImmersionElementary · 558 students
- Park Terrace ElementaryElementary · 532 students
- NORTHPOINT ELEMENTARYElementary · 488 students
- EARLY EDUCATIONElementary · 123 students
Other schools in SPRING LAKE PARK
- Park Terrace ElementaryElementary · 532 students
- EARLY EDUCATIONElementary · 123 students
- Spring Lake Park High School ALPHigh · 64 students
- SLP Schools Online SecondaryHigh · 43 students
- Secondary LighthouseHigh · 34 students
- Elementary LighthouseElementary · 29 students
Nearby schools
- SLP Schools Online Secondary0.0 mi · 43
- Spring Lake Park High School ALP0.0 mi · 64
- Secondary Lighthouse0.1 mi · 34
- Elementary Lighthouse0.1 mi · 29
- Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion0.4 mi · 558
- EARLY EDUCATION0.6 mi · 123
Frequently asked questions
About SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGHHow many students attend SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH?
SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 1,909 students in grades 09-12.
Is SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH an elementary, middle, or high school?
SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH is approximately 19.5:1 (98 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH?
SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH reports a student body of 48% White, 17% Hispanic, 19% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH public or private?
SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.