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Data, Evaluation & Research Requests

MPS Public Data Dashboard

The data visualization portal is for viewing interactive graphs and charts regarding individual schools and the district as a whole. Visualizations are organized by topic, and all (except for the school climate survey) can be broken down by student group to see how MPS is serving our diverse population. Student grouping options include ethnicity, special education status, English learner status, and more. If you have any questions about the data shown here, please contact our team at REA@mpls.k12.mn.us.

Type of data available in the MPS Public Data Dashboard:

  • Behavior and disciplinary data, with a focus on suspensions and disproportionality (by student ethnicity, special education status, and more).
  • Graduation rates, by school and student demographic category.
  • Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) proficiency and growth levels.

General Counsel: Requesting Government Data

Minneapolis Public Schools looks to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (MGDPA), Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, regarding the disclosure and the classification of its data. The MGDPA presumes that all government data are public unless a state or federal law says that the data are not public.

Government data means all recorded information that the District has, including paper, email, flash drives, CDs, DVDs, photographs, etc. The MGDPA allows the District to charge for the actual costs of searching and retrieving government data, including the cost of employee time, and for making, certifying, and electronically transmitting the copies of the data. 

Student Accounting: MPS Reports & Data

The Student Accounting Office produces a number of publicly available, standard district-wide and school level reports.

MN Department of Education Report Card

This tool is designed to provide parents, educators, schools, districts and citizens with easy access to district and school information, test results, demographic information and other critical data in a centralized location.

REA manages data requests connected to approved outside research projects. To learn more about the outside research request process please visit the External Research and Evaluation Request website. For any other data requests, please visit Government Data Requests.

Surveys in MPS 

The school district and REA does not support external student or staff surveys unless they are a part of an approved outside evaluation or research project. For more information regarding the outside research process please visit the External Research and Evaluation Request website.