Anoka-Hennepin
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...