VOA High

VOA High is one of the very small high schools in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, one of the schools within Minneapolis Public School District, with 75 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 80% smaller than the state mean of about 371.

Within Minneapolis Public School District, which oversees 86 schools and 29,928 students, VOA High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, VOA High lists that the largest single group is Black, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 15% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 38.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting VOA High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at VOA High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which VOA High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Northeast College Prep Charter Scho, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VOA High.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 24%: 99 students in 2018 compared to 75 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 33% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 38.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for VOA High typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.