'Racially identifiable' schools in metro area
A 1999 state rule labels a segregated school as “racially identifiable.” A “racially identifiable” school is a school where the enrollment of minority students is more than 20 percentage points above the enrollment of minority students in the district. There are 45 racially identifiable schools in the metro area, and four more outside the area: Walnut Grove Elementary in Westbrook-Walnut Grove school district, and Grant Magnet Elementary and Nettleton Magnet Elementary in the Duluth school district and Talahi Community Elementary in the St. Cloud school district. Click on a school’s pinpoint locator to get racial makeup and other information about the school.
Source: Minnesota Department of Education
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Metro schools where majority of students are nonwhite, 2007-08
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