NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Fridley, MN

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12 public K-12 schools in Fridley from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
3,896
Students
27.3/100
Avg Resource Index
19.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Fridley has more public-school enrollment than 42% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Fridley's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Fridley's 12 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 40-point gap between Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion and Fridley Senior High shows the range hidden by Fridley's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 58%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
7th percentile
Teacher staffing
18th percentile

Fridley Senior High accounts for 20.4% of all Fridley public-school enrollment

That concentration means Fridley-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Fridley school enrollment varies 199× across entities

Fridley school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 796 students (highest), a spread of 792 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Fridley reports 58.2% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Fridley student-teacher ratio is 19.5:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion 54
2. North Park School for Innovation 34
3. Transitions School 34
4. Voluntary Prekindergarten School 30
5. Fridley Middle 27
6. Hayes Elementary 27
7. Stevenson Elementary 26
8. Metro Heights Academy 21
9. Fridley Middle Area Learning Center 18
10. Fridley Moore Lk Area Learning Ctr 15
11. Fridley Senior High 14
12. Early Childhood Special Education S -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Fridley

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Stevenson Elementary 77.2/100
  2. 2 Fridley Middle 76.4/100
  3. 3 Hayes Elementary 75.2/100
  4. 4 Voluntary Prekindergarten School 74.2/100
  5. 5 Metro Heights Academy 73.1/100

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Which Fridley school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Fridley schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Fridley, MN? ▼

Fridley has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,896 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.