Public schools in Fridley, MN

Fridley has 12 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 3,896 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Fridley Public Schools runs 9 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Fridley's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in FridleyDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Fridley Public Schools92,788$17,928
Spring Lake Park School District 1616,143$12,472
Columbia Heights Public School District13,281$15,617
Northeast Metro 9161845not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Fridley, 1,119 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Fridley Senior High79613.557.5%Fridley Public Schools
Metro Heights Academy19819.257.1%Northeast Metro 916
Fridley Moore Lk Area Learning Ctr12127.361.2%Fridley Public Schools
Transitions School44.0not reportedFridley Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Fridley, 718 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Fridley Middle69411.759.5%Fridley Public Schools
Fridley Middle Area Learning Center24not reported79.2%Fridley Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 elementary schools in Fridley, 1,882 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion55815.731.2%Spring Lake Park
Stevenson Elementary45911.558.6%Fridley Public Schools
North Park School for Innovation43313.965.8%Columbia Heights
Hayes Elementary4329.853.7%Fridley Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 other schools in Fridley, 177 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Voluntary Prekindergarten School13869.061.6%Fridley Public Schools
Early Childhood Special Education S397.853.8%Fridley Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Fridley's public schools compare with Minnesota's

The median Fridley school has 13.5 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Minnesota median of 13.7. 8.3% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 20% across the state. Its median school enrolls 315 students (state 275).

Fridley against Minnesota, schools open in 2024-25 with students
FridleyMinnesota
Median students per teacher13.513.7
Median school size (students)315275
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)8.3%20%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)33%22%
Charter schools0%12%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 12 Fridley schools and the 2,321 Minnesota schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Fridley

  1. Fridley Public SchoolsRuns 9 of Fridley's 12 public schools and spent $17,928 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,928
  2. Fridley Senior High, the largest high school in Fridley796 students in 2024-25, 13.5 per teacher.796
  3. Compare Fridley Public Schools with Spring Lake Park School District 16Fridley's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MinnesotaMinnesota's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Fridley addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Minnesota

  1. Saint Paul135 schools
  2. Minneapolis132 schools
  3. Rochester44 schools
  4. Duluth30 schools
  5. Brooklyn Park29 schools
  6. Plymouth27 schools
  7. Bloomington26 schools
  8. Apple Valley20 schools

Questions about schools in Fridley

  1. How many public schools are in Fridley, MN?
    12 public schools with an address in Fridley were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 3,896 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Fridley?
    Fridley Senior High, with 796 students in 2024-25 (Fridley Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Fridley's schools?
    Fridley Public Schools (9 schools), Spring Lake Park School District 16 (1 school), Columbia Heights Public School District (1 school), Northeast Metro 916 (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .