Mounds View Public Schools (District 621) is a Minnesota school district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 serving the cities of Arden Hills

Arden Hills, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 9,652 people, 2,959 households, and 2,228 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,087.3 people per square mile . There were 3,017 housing units at an average density of 339.9 per square mile...

, Mounds View

Mounds View, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 12,738 people, 5,018 households, and 3,387 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,096.6 people per square mile . There were 5,130 housing units at an average density of 1,247.1 per square mile...

, New Brighton

New Brighton, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 22,206 people, 9,013 households, and 5,903 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,343.9 people per square mile . There were 9,121 housing units at an average density of 1,373.5 per square mile...

, North Oaks

North Oaks, Minnesota

North Oaks is a suburb north of Saint Paul in Ramsey County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 4,469 at the 2010 census.Formerly a gated community that now posts private access signage, all land is owned by homeowners with the North Oaks Home Owners Association maintaining all...

, Roseville

Roseville, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 33,690 people, 14,598 households, and 8,598 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,543.9 people per square mile . There were 14,917 housing units at an average density of 1,126.4 per square mile...

, Shoreview

Shoreview, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there are 25,377 people, Males: 12,303 , Females: 13,074 , 9,965 households, and 7,021 families residing in the city. The population density is 2,315.9 people per square mile . There are 10,127 housing units at an average density of 919.2 per square mile...

, Vadnais Heights

Vadnais Heights, Minnesota

Vadnais Heights is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 12,302 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. It borders the cities of Shoreview, Little Canada, White Bear...

 and portions of Spring Lake Park

Spring Lake Park, Minnesota

Spring Lake Park is a city in Anoka and Ramsey counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 6,412 at the 2010 census. The city lies mainly in Anoka County....

 and White Bear Township

White Bear Township, Minnesota

White Bear Township is a township in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 10,949 at the 2010 census. The township was established in 1858. Over the years, the cities of White Bear Lake, Vadnais Heights, Gem Lake, and North Oaks were carved out of the township's original . It...

. The district currently operates 11 schools. Previously the district operated 13 schools, but due to budget problems it was forced to close Pike Lake and Snail Lake elementary schools and reopen them as Education Centers. In addition to the schools, Mounds View also operates a handful of other educational programs, including the Oak Grove program for special education students, and the Pike Lake and Snail Lake Education Centers, which provide various community education programs and house administrative offices.

High schools

• Irondale High School
  Irondale High School
  Irondale High School is a public high school located in New Brighton, Minnesota. A part of the Mounds View Public Schools district, the high school is located in a suburban area approximately ten miles north of downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul. It includes grade 9-12, and was founded in 1967...
  
  

Located in New Brighton, MN. It has served the school district 621 for 40 years. It was featured as "One of the top high schools in the country," stated by Newsweek.

• Mounds View High School
  Mounds View High School
  Mounds View High School is a public high school located in Arden Hills, Minnesota. A part of the Mounds View Public Schools district, the high school is located in a suburban area approximately nine miles north of downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul and includes seven cities with 76,193 residents...
  
  

Located in Arden Hills, MN. Mounds View High School, with a student enrollment of 1,943 students from over seven cities in the area. Mounds View has been an active school in District 621 since 1955.

Middle schools

• Chippewa Middle School

Located in North Oaks

• Edgewood Middle School

Located in Mounds View, MN. Edgewood serves about 600 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students in grade teams of about 200.

• Highview Middle School

Located in New Brighton, MN. Highview Middle School serves more than 800 students.

Elementary schools

• Bel Air Elementary

Located in New Brighton, MN and serves the families in the area.

• Island Lake Elementary

Located in Shoreview, MN and serves the surrounding area of Shoreview, Vadnais Heights, and Arden Hills. It has over 700 K-5 students and either 75 full or part-time staff.

• Pinewood Elementary School

Located in Mounds View, MN. It serves about 550 students in grades Kindergarten through Fifth grade from Mounds View and Shoreview.

• Red Oak Elementary School

Located in Mounds View, MN. Red Oak Elementary School serves only a few hundred students in grades Kindergarten through Sixth grade from Mounds View.

• Sunnyside Elementary

Located in New Brighton, MN. Sunnyside Elementary School welcomes about 540 students from Mounds View and New Brighton.

• Turtle Lake Elementary
  Turtle Lake Elementary School
  Turtle Lake Elementary School is an elementary school located in Shoreview, Minnesota.The school has approximately 930 students in kindergarten through fifth grade and over 120 staff members. The current principal of Turtle Lake is Darin Johnson. The school opened in 1895. The school is in the...
  
  

Located in Shoreview, MN. Turtle Lake is the largest elementary school in the Mounds View Public Schools District 621, serving 790 students from northern Shoreview.

• Valentine Hills Elementary

Located in Arden Hills, MN. Valentine Hills serves about 575 students from Arden Hills and sections of New Brighton and Roseville.

Other programs

• Area Learning Center (ALC)

Located in New Brighton. The Area Learning Center is a non-traditional program designed to help students meet their high school graduation requirements.

• Oak Grove

Located in North Oaks, MN. Oak Grove offers a special education program for approximately 75 students in grades 6-12 from Mounds View Public Schools and several surrounding districts.

• Pike Lake Education Center

Located in New Brighton, used to be Pike Lake Elementary School which closed along with Snail Lake Elementary.

• Snail Lake Education Center

Located in Shoreview, also used to be Snail Lake Elementary which closed in 2005 after celebrating about 100 years as a school.

Laurentian Environmental Center

Each year, most of the 5th and 7th graders in the school district are given the opportunity to attend a week-long camp at the center. During this time, they learn more about the wilderness and survival outdoors.

External links

• Mounds View Public Schools