Wellstone International High

Located at 1501 HENNEPIN AVENUE, in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Wellstone International High is a small senior high that caters to 166 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Minneapolis Public School District. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Wellstone International High sits 55% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 86 schools in Minneapolis Public School District (29,928 students total), Wellstone International High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Wellstone International High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 17% Black, 7% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the resource side, On paper, Wellstone International High has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wellstone International High is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.5%; Wellstone International High posts 0.0%, -37.5 points below that line.

Zooming out to the 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 the poverty rate sits near 5%. Wellstone International High is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

The closest other public school is Wellstone International High - SWS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wellstone International High at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 34%: 253 students in 2018 compared to 166 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 58% to 17% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 in 2025.

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