MELROSE
SAINT LOUIS PARK · MN · ST. LOUIS PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. · Public · K-12 combined
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Southwest High - SWS → Loring-Nicollet High Extended → Center School Extended → Plymouth Youth Center Extended → MPS Metro DT → 283-St. Louis Park ALC → 283-Ind Stdy 15 and Under - I.S. → T-Plus Program →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How MELROSE compares for families
What families should know about MELROSE.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Southwest High - SWS, Loring-Nicollet High Extended, Center School Extended and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,778/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -31.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 3 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest High - SWS MINNEAPOLIS |
Public | 1.6 | 1 | — |
| Loring-Nicollet High Extended MINNEAPOLIS |
Public | 3.7 | 2 | — |
| Center School Extended MINNEAPOLIS |
Public | 4.5 | 2 | — |
| Plymouth Youth Center Extended MINNEAPOLIS |
Public | 4.6 | 2 | — |
| MPS Metro DT MINNEAPOLIS |
Public | 3.9 | 3 | — |
| 283-St. Louis Park ALC SAINT LOUIS PARK |
Public | 1.1 | — | — |
| 283-Ind Stdy 15 and Under - I.S. SAINT LOUIS PARK |
Public | 1.1 | — | — |
| T-Plus Program SAINT LOUIS PARK |
Public | 1.4 | — | — |