Robbinsdale
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.
The Suburban Donut: Minnetonka Surpasses Robbinsdale
In 2007, Robbinsdale enrolled 13,194 students. Minnetonka enrolled 7,791. The gap between them, nearly 5,400 students, seemed structural: Robbinsdale was the larger, more established first-ring suburb...
Five Years Later, Minnesota Is Still at the COVID Floor
Minnesota was a growth state. From 2010 to 2020, enrollment rose every single year, climbing from 836,557 to 893,203, a gain of 56,646 over 10 consecutive years. Then COVID arrived, and the state lost...