(03/28/2024) Graduation rates for students in the Anoka-Hennepin School District increased for 2023 and continue to outperform the state average, graduating 86.7% of all seniors in four years.
Outpacing the state: Anoka-Hennepin continues to outpace the state graduation average overall by 3.4% and outperforms the state in all but one student group. Student demographics in the Anoka-Hennepin School District closely mirror averages across the state of Minnesota.
Reaching higher: The 2023 overall district graduation rate increased 0.7% from last year, 2% less than the district’s all-time highest district graduation rate in 2021, resulting in the second highest rate in history.
- Graduation rates increased for 12 of the 15 measured student groups.
- Four of the five traditional high schools achieved graduation rates over 90%.
Why it matters: Graduation rates are one of the five main data points used to measure student performance in the World's Best Workforce monitoring system, developed by the Minnesota Department of Education to ensure schools enhance student achievement through teaching and learning support. Other key performance indicators include kindergarten readiness, reducing performance gaps between student groups, and college and career readiness.
Four-year graduation rates for the district and the five traditional high schools
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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Anoka-Hennepin
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86.6%
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86.2%
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88.7%
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86.0%
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86.7%
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State
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83.7%
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83.8%
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83.3%
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83.6%
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83.3%
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Andover High School
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95.9%
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96.2%
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97.4%
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95.8%
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94.6%
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Anoka High School
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90.9%
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88.8%
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91.1%
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89.8%
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93.1%
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Blaine High School
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93.8%
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94.8%
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94.3%
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92.5%
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91.9%
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Champlin Park HS
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92.2%
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93.0%
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93.5%
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92.9%
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92.3%
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Coon Rapids HS
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85.3%
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88.0%
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88.5%
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82.2%
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85.6% |
Narrowing achievement gaps: The 2023 results included an 80.9% graduation rate for Black students, the highest rate in district history and a number that outpaces the state rate by 8.8%.
- Blaine High School led the district with 91.4% of Black students graduating in four years, a 1.5% gap from their White student group.
- Three of Anoka-Hennepin’s five traditional high schools have a Black-White graduation gap of 5% or less, with a fourth high school at less than 7%.
- The districtwide Black-White gap was less than 10%, considering all traditional and alternative schools.
All five traditional high schools in Anoka-Hennepin had at least two student groups of color graduate at rates at or above 90%. Two of the five traditional high schools (Coon Rapids and Blaine) had two student groups of color (multi-racial and Asian students) graduate at higher rates than white students.
For more information on statewide graduation rates, visit the Minnesota Department of Education’s website.
