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Map of Minnesota School Districts. This is a complete list of school districts in the State of Minnesota. All school districts in the state are counted as independent governments by the U.S. Census Bureau. No school districts in the state are dependent on any county government or municipal government. [1]
Independent School District 831 is a K-12 public school district located in the northeast exurban Twin Cities, near both Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota. Also known as the Forest Lake Area School District, District 831 serves approximately 7,000 students in grades Early Childhood-12 and is geographically the Twin Cities region's largest ...
Lake Region Christian School, ... Norman County East High School, Twin Valley; Norman County West Secondary School, Halstad ... Lincoln Secondary School, Lake City;
"Twin Cities" is sometimes used to refer to the seven-county region governed by the Metropolitan Council regional governmental agency and planning organization. The United States Office of Management and Budget officially designates 15 counties as the "Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington MN– WI Metropolitan Statistical Area".
The Metropolitan Council, commonly abbreviated Met Council or Metro Council, is the regional governmental agency and metropolitan planning organization in Minnesota serving the Twin Cities seven-county metropolitan area, accounting for over 55 percent of the state's population.
In the 2007–2008 school year, 10,000 eligible school children in Minneapolis choose to attend other schools such as ones in suburban school districts, private schools, or charter schools. [7] The number of students enrolled in Minneapolis Public Schools is expected to drop under 30,000 students from 2007 to 2011. [8]
The Twin Cities campus of the public University of Minnesota is the largest university in the state with 54,890 enrolled at the start of the 2023–24 academic year, making it the ninth-largest American campus by enrollment size. [2] The University of Minnesota system has four other campuses in Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester. [3]
A sales tax of 9.03 percent [449] on purchases made within the city is a combination of the city sales tax of 0.50 percent, along with county, state, and special district taxes. [ 450 ] [ 451 ] The Park and Recreation Board is an independent city department with nine elected commissioners who levy their own taxes, subject to city charter limits ...