MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGH

MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGH is one of the roomy senior highs in MINNETONKA, Minnesota, operated by MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,514 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 847% bigger than the state mean of about 371.

Across the 13 schools in MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (11,323 students total), MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGH logs that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 186 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.9%, the actual is 68.6%, a residual of +9.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate 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%. MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGH is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

The closest other public school is Tonka Online, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGH ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 68.4%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGH's enrollment has edged up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 3,276 (now 3,514). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 85% to 77%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.