Highland Park High School (Minnesota)

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Highland Park Senior High School
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Location
Highland Park High School (Minnesota)
1015 Snelling Avenue South

Saint Paul
,
Minnesota
55116

United States
Coordinates 44°54′39″N93°10′1″W / 44.91083°N 93.16694°W / 44.91083; -93.16694
Information
Type Public
MottoChallenge, Envision, Achieve
Established1964
School district Saint Paul Public Schools
SuperintendentDr. Stacie L. Stanley
PrincipalDr. Winston Tucker
Grades9–12
EnrollmentDecrease2.svg 1,408 (2024–2025)
Campus Urban
ColorsRed and White   
Athletics conference Saint Paul City Conference
Mascot Scots
Website https://highlandsr.spps.org/

Highland Park Senior High School is a public secondary school in Saint Paul, Minnesota serving grades 9 through 12. It is in the Highland Park neighborhood.

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The school offers the International Baccalaureate program. [1] It is a national Blue Ribbon School. Newsweek ranked the school #973 on its "2005 List of the 1200 Top High Schools in America." [2]

Academics

The school has received grants from the Bush Foundation and Gates Foundation to develop the Small Learning Communities model. Motivated students in all three Communities may take International Baccalaureate courses.

Languages

Highland Park offers a number of foreign languages, including: [3]

Athletics

Highland Park has enjoyed moderate success in its athletic program. The boys basketball team qualified for the state championship several times in the 1970s before winning the class AAAA state championship in 1999. The girls basketball team made two state tournament runs in 1985 and 1986, finishing second in the 1986 class AA state championship.

As of 2007, Highland Park had also won two conference titles for football, six for girls basketball, eight in boys basketball, four for wrestling, including three in a row from 2005 to 2007, five for baseball and one for boys hockey. The school also boasted a soccer team that won the conference 4 straight years 2003-07. Tony Levine played wide receiver for the football team and was chosen for the Minnesota All-State team his senior year, in 1991. The Highland Park girls cross country & nordic skiing teams have also won several championships, respectively. [4]

The baseball team coached by Peter Brown won the Saint Paul City Conference from 2011–13 and held the second-longest winning streak in conference play in the state of Minnesota. [5]

Campus

The Eastern side of Highland Park Senior High as seen from Snelling Avenue. Highland Park A.JPG
The Eastern side of Highland Park Senior High as seen from Snelling Avenue.

Highland is connected to Highland Park Middle School, a 1958 Miesian building.

Mattocks Schoolhouse is a historic landmark now used as part of Highland Park's facilities. The one-room limestone building, originally called Webster School Number 9, was built in 1871. The building became part of the Saint Paul Public Schools system in 1887 and was renamed at that time. For 30 years the building served as an American Legion post before being moved to its current location in 1964 after residing one mile north of the high school. The classroom has most recently been used for Spanish classes. [6] [7] [8] Mattocks Schoolhouse is "essentially a Greek Revival building with some Italianate details." [9] [10] In 2025, the school received a major renovation, with the link between the Middle and High schools being expanded to two stories and the cafeteria being rebuilt. [11]

Demographics

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school's enrollment was 1,456. 36% of students were white, 22% African American, 12% Asian American, 23% Hispanic American, 7% multiracial, and 1% American Indian. [12] In addition, 11% were English language learners, 8% were in Special Education programs, and 46% were eligible for the free and reduced lunch program. The student-to-teacher ratio was 24:1. [13]

Enrollment profile2023-24 [14] 2022-23 [14] 2021-22 [14] 2020-21 [14] 2019-20 [14] 2018-19 [14] 2017-18 [14]
White 36%38%36%37%36%36%38%
Black or African American 22%21%22%23%22%23%22%
Asian 12%11%13%14%15%15%17%
Hispanic or Latino 23%23%22%22%23%23%23%
American Indian 1%<1%<1%1%1%1%1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%<1%<1%----
Multiracial 7%6%7%4%4%3%2%

Notable alumni

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Duane Carey
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Emily Larson
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Tony Levine

References

  1. ↑ "Highland Park Senior High School". International Baccalaureate Organization.
  2. ↑ "The Top of the Class". The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools. MSNBC. 2007. Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved May 23, 2007.
  3. ↑ "World Languages". Highland Park High School. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
  4. ↑ Levine travels lengthy path to UH's top job - The Daily Cougar
  5. ↑ "Saint Paul City Conference". Saint Paul Public Schools. March 15, 2009. Archived from the original on March 27, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Mattocks Schoolhouse". Saint Paul Public School System. Retrieved March 31, 2007.
  7. ↑ Millett, Larry (2007). AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minnesota Historical Society Press. pp. 527–530. ISBN   978-0-87351-540-5.
  8. ↑ "Mattock School, Randolph Street & Snelling Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
  9. ↑ Gebhard, David; Martinson, Tom (1977). A Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota. Minneapolis: Published by the University of Minnesota Press for the University Gallery of the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Society of Architects. pp.  113. ISBN   0-8166-0773-7.
  10. ↑ Sigvertson, Jene T. From the Past to the Present: An Inventory of Saint Paul Public School Facilities (PDF). Saint Paul Public Schools. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2006.
  11. ↑
  12. ↑ All racial breakdowns are how students "identify themselves."
  13. ↑ "SPPS Official Enrollment". October 1, 2023.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Saint Paul Public Schools: Official Enrollment". Saint Paul Public School. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  15. 1 2 3 "Hall of Fame".
  16. 1 2 "Alumni Association / Hall of Fame". www.spps.org. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  17. ↑ Grinols, Earl. "Baylor Business Directory".
  18. ↑ "Famous Alumni". Saint Paul Public Schools. Retrieved August 16, 2007.
  19. ↑ Scholtes, Peter S. (September 12, 2001). "What's the Big Eyedea?". City Pages. Archived from the original on January 12, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
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