White Bear Transition Plus Program

White Bear Transition Plus Program is a four-year high school of rural-scale scale in HUGO, Minnesota, overseen by White Bear Lake School District, hosting 51 students in grade 12. That puts it 86% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

White Bear Lake School District runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 8,571 students. White Bear Transition Plus Program is one of those campuses.

Demographically, White Bear Transition Plus Program logs that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 18% Hispanic, 16% Black, 12% Asian. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.6:1 students per teacher. 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, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Washington County reports that median household earnings sit near $115,345, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Washington County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students), White Bear Transition Plus Program is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: North Star Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around White Bear Transition Plus Program.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. White Bear Transition Plus Program's enrollment has climbed 46% since 2018, when it stood at 35 (now 51). White enrollment moved from 80% to 51% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.