Its hard to tell from the chart in the Strib but I think that's a bad interpretation. I think they are comparing students in schools located within the city boundaries. The chart doesn't tell us what year is being reported but the 1332 public students in Mendota Heights plus the 3520 in South St. Paul (total 4852) looks a lot like the 4760 that the Dept of Children Families and Learning reports for the South St. Paul Mendota school district for the 2001-2 school year (what part of the year, I don't know). Mendota Heights hosts one of the larger private high schools in the state (St. Thomas Academy).
Minneapolis, although it has a number of private schools doesn't have any that have anywhere near the number of students that the entire district has. How many large private schools are within our city limits? I think the Strib chart needs more explanation to make the numbers meaningful, if they truly have any meaning. Terrell Brown Loring Park Terrell at terrellbrown dot org > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of David Brauer > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 5:16 PM > To: Mpls list > Subject: [Mpls] % of Mpls kids in private schools > > > The Strib had a story this morning on students who moved from > public to private schools. Though it led with a Minneapolis > mom of 3, it wasn't really Minneapolis-specific. > > However, there's a chart (more extensive online) that listed > the percentage of each city's students in private schools. > (Cities in this chart are those with more than 10,000 people.) > > Minneapolis ranked 29th (my count) of 83 communities, with > 12.7 percent of kids in private schools; St. Paul has 15.4 > percent, by the way. (The top community, Mendota Heights, has > a mind-boggling 47 percent of kids in private schools. St. > Cloud, Roseville and Golden Valley all had higher percentages > of kids in private schools; Apple Valley, Brooklyn Center and > Lakeville were far lower.) > > Our city's ranking was lower than I thought, and I'm guessing > there are explanations that favor the current system's fans > (Minneapolis schools are doing a good job) and foes (our kids > are too poor to move, but would if they could; Minneapolitans > aren't as religious as our neighbors in St. Paul). > > Anyway, a data point for an election year. > http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/3242066.html David Brauer King Field _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
