St. Louis Park Senior High School - St. Louis Park, Minnesota/MN

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St. Louis Park Senior High School

6425 W 33rd Street, St. Louis Park, MN, 55426-3498 -

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Definition of Terms

St. Louis Park Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Hennepin County, MN

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1336 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

79 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 341 students

Grade 10 - 340 students

Grade 11 - 358 students

Grade 12 - 297 students

This School

(MN) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:17

1:17

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(MN) School Average

% American Indian	1%	4%
% Asian	5%	3%
% Hispanic	5%	5%
% Black	17%	10%
% White	73%	75%

Additional Student Information

This School

(MN) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

18%

20%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(MN) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

St. Louis Park School District

This School's Agency

(MN) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	10	3
Number of Students Managed	4,362 students	766 students
District Total Revenue	$58,791,000	$7,976,000
District Expenditure	$57,805,000	$8,268,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,478	$10,413
District Expenditure / Student	$13,252	$10,794
District Graduation Rates	91%	92%

Mavity, Ross, board incumbents win in SLP (St. Louis Park Sun-Sailor)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 06:57:57 am
Anne Mavity and Julia Ross won contested St. Louis Park City Council races and three incumbents for St. Louis Park School Board won reelection in a field of five candidates.
St. Louis Park School Board: incumbents Yarosh, Richardson and Shapiro re-elected (St. Louis Park Sun-Sailor)
posted on November 12, 2009 at 07:33:32 am
In the St. Louis Park School Board race, the Minnesota Secretary of State's unofficial results indicates that incumbents Jim Yarosh, Bruce Richardson and Larry Shapiro won re-election.
Sidewalk work starts on Bottineau Boulevard - Sun Suburbs Today webcast - Monday, Oct. 12 (St. Louis Park Sun-Sailor)
posted on October 19, 2009 at 07:26:47 am
Effective today, the left through lanes of Bottineau Boulevard-County Road 81 will be closed between 40th Avenue and Highway 100 in Robbinsdale, to allow the replacement of brick pavers within the median area and adjoining sidewalk areas.
More sick students stay home in St. Louis Park schools (St. Louis Park Sun-Sailor)
posted on October 14, 2009 at 07:19:04 am
The level of students staying home from St. Louis Park Public Schools as a result of influenza-like illness continued to increase this past week.
Sidewalk work starts on Bottineau Boulevard - Sun Suburbs Today webcast - Monday, Oct. 12 (Plymouth Sun-Sailor)
posted on October 13, 2009 at 07:18:57 am
Effective today, the left through lanes of Bottineau Boulevard-County Road 81 will be closed between 40th Avenue and Highway 100 in Robbinsdale, to allow the replacement of brick pavers within the median area and adjoining sidewalk areas.

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St. Louis Park High School, is a four-year public high school located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. St. Louis Park High School is ranked by Newsweek as #150 in their "List of the 1500 Top High Schools in America," #1 among Minnesota schools on the list in 2009. In 2001, the high school began participation in the International Baccalaureate program and has since been decreasing the number of Advanced Placement classes offered in the curriculum.
The school newspaper is The Echo. While attending SLPHS, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote for — but never edited — The Echo, including one article in which he interviewed then Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon. The Echo recently won the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown Award in 2006 as one of the 25 best high school newspapers in the nation.
Athletics
St. Louis Park High School is in the North Suburban Conference, which is part of the Minnesota State High School League. In 2005, they left the Classic Lake Conference due to its smaller student body than the other west suburban schools in the Classic Lake Conference. The school has created a website for information on current athletic events gopark.org.
Notable alumni
T.J. Bohn, professional baseball player for the Seattle Mariners
Mark Boyle, play-by-play broadcaster for the NBA's Indiana Pacers
Joel and Ethan Coen, movie directors, music artists
Philip Dray, author, At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America, etc.
Mike Feinstein, City Council member (1996–2004) and Mayor (2000–2002), Santa Monica, CA [1]
Geoffrey Fischbein, guitarist in the band humanboy
Al Franken, political satirist; attended through 10th grade
Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist
Pete Hautman, author
Peter Himmelman, musician and songwriter, formerly of Sussman Lawrence
Sharon Isbin, classical guitarist
Dan Israel, musician and songwriter
Terry Leiendecker, pro soccer player for the Minnesota Strikers, star goalkeeper at St. John's University
Mark Levin, Director of Photography and Lighting Designer for Film and Television.
Peggy Orenstein, author and contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine
Matt Parrington, head baseball coach at Macalester College
Jeff Passolt, news anchor for Fox 9 News
Jim Petersen, pro basketball player in the NBA from 1985 to 1992
Erik Rasmussen, professional hockey player
Sam Richter, best-selling author, international speaker
Mark Rosen, sports anchor for WCCO Channel 4
Andy Sackrison, NHL fifth-round pick 2006 draft
Barry Siewert TV/radio personality/musician
Bob Stein, former NFL player
Chris Tatarek, Ambrose Burke and Nick Nelson, members of the popular hip-hop group C.I.
Marc Trestman, former NFL football coach, now football coach of Montreal Alouettes
J. Elvis Weinstein, played Dr. Laurence Erhardt and the original puppeteer/voice for Tom Servo on Mystery Science Theater 3000
Dan Wilson , lead singer of Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic
Ben Petroski, CFO of Quantum Financial Solutions
External links
St. Louis Park Senior High School Official Website
St. Louis Park Public Schools Website
GoPark.org Athletics Website

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