Anoka-Hennepin
Minnesota Had More District Graduation Highs Than Lows in Its 2020–2024 Panel
Minnesota's historical district graduation reports show contrasting outcomes for the Class of 2024. In a common panel of 415 district reports covering the Classes of 2020 through 2024, 110 districts m...
Minnesota's 2024 Graduation Rebound Cut Non-Graduates by 445
Minnesota's four-year graduation rate rose from 83.3% for the Class of 2023 to 84.2% for the Class of 2024, a gain of 0.9 percentage points. The number of graduates increased by 1,427, from 58,293 to ...
Greg Cole Inherits Minnesota's Largest District, and a Kindergarten Class 1,238 Students Behind Its Seniors
Greg Cole became superintendent of Anoka-Hennepin on July 1, moving up from chief operating officer to run the largest school district in Minnesota.
Minnesota's Chronic Absence Rate Improved 0.8 Points. 28 of 295 Districts Hit Four-Year Highs
> Correction: An earlier version used an incomplete district join and misstated the statewide change. The analysis and examples below have been corrected against the full available panel.
Every Other Group Is Growing. White Enrollment Is Not.
Minnesota's total K-12 enrollment is higher today than it was in 2007. The state enrolled 873,175 students in 2025-26, up 32,613 from the 840,562 it counted 19 years earlier.
One in Five: Minnesota Nears a Special Education Threshold
In 2014, roughly one in seven Minnesota students received special education services. In 2026, it is closer to one in five. The share has grown every year except 2021, when COVID disrupted identificat...
Five Years Later, Minnesota Is Still at the COVID Floor
Correction (July 23, 2026): An earlier version said no large district had returned to pre-pandemic enrollment, which its own examples contradicted. Eight of the state's 26 large districts, including W...