Students Enrollment Figures for the Minneapolis Public Schools, 1937-2024
Enrollment of students in the Minneapolis Public Schools has been on a long decline.
The most dramatic declines have occurred during the periods 1977 to 2001, when student enrollment hovered around 50,000; 2001 to 2019 when a decline resulted in student enrollment of approximately 35,000; and then 2019 to the present academic year of 2024-2025, resulting in a student population of approximately 29,000.
Decline during the 1977-2001 period mostly likely was related to the out-migration from Minneapolis by key populations and to issues involving racial integration.
Decline during the 2001-2019 period mostly likely was issues pertinent to open enrollment and competition from charter schools (first appearing in Minnesota in 1991).
Decline during the 2019-2025 period is most related to the decling student age population in the city of Minneapolis.
The figures for student enrollment from the year 1937 through 2024 are given as follows >>>>>
Year Number of Students Enrolled
(nearest thousand)
1937 80,000
1941 67,000
1945 65,000
1949 63,000
1953 70,000
1957 72,000
1961 70,000
1965 73,000
1967 73,000
1969 72,000
1973 55,000
1977 40,000
1981 37,000
1985 40,000
1989 42,000
1993 45,000
1997 50,000
2000 50,000
2001 49,000
2005 35,000
2008 34,000
2009 37,000
2013 39,000
2015 40,000
2017 39,000
2019 34,000
2021 28,000
2024 29,000
In this issue of Journal of the K-12 Revolution: Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota, I give data and provide discussion and recommendations pertinent the need to close or re-purpose at least nine schools so as to meet the financial exigencies of the Minneapolis Public Schools.
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