32 schools in the crosshairs
The state used test scores and graduation rates to pick out the state's lowest-performing 32 schools:
Brooklyn Center Secondary, Brooklyn Center; Bethune Elementary, Minneapolis; Butterfield Secondary; Braham Area Secondary; Broadway Arts and Technology, Minneapolis; Cass Lake-Bena Secondary; Cityview PAM Magnet, Minneapolis;
East Central Senior Secondary; East High School*; Edison Senior High, Minneapolis; Four Directions Charter School*;
Greenbush-Middle River Senior High; High School for Recording Arts*; Hmong College Prep Academy High School*; Hmong International Academy, Minneapolis; Humboldt Senior High, St. Paul;
Isle Secondary; Lucy Laney at Cleveland Park Elementary, Minneapolis; Maxfield Magnet Elementary, St. Paul;
New Spirit Primary School*; New Visions Charter School*; North View IB World School, Osseo; Ogilvie Secondary; Ponemah Elementary, Red Lake; Red Lake Senior High, Red Lake; Riverway Secondary*; Rochester Off-Campus Charter High*;
Transitions Senior High*; Unity Campus*; Urban Academy Charter School*; Waubun Secondary; Wellstone International High, Minneapolis
* Denotes charter school
Source: Minnesota Department of Education
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