WATERSHED HIGH SCHOOL

WATERSHED HIGH SCHOOL operates as a micro-enrollment senior high in RICHFIELD, Minnesota, run under WATERSHED HIGH SCHOOL. Current enrollment sits at 57 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 85% smaller than typical.

WATERSHED HIGH SCHOOL sits inside WATERSHED HIGH SCHOOL, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, WATERSHED HIGH SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, WATERSHED HIGH SCHOOL lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at WATERSHED HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate median household income runs about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 WATERSHED HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. WATERSHED HIGH SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 6%: 54 students in 2018 compared to 57 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 24% to 18% over that span.

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