Schools

38 Hennepin County Schools On MDH's Coronavirus Outbreak List

The Minnesota Department of Health defines an outbreak as five or more cases in students or staff who were in the building while infected.

Thirty-eight schools across Hennepin County are considered to have outbreaks this week by the Minnesota Department of Health. To be considered an outbreak site, schools must report five or more positive COVID-19 cases among students and staff.
Thirty-eight schools across Hennepin County are considered to have outbreaks this week by the Minnesota Department of Health. To be considered an outbreak site, schools must report five or more positive COVID-19 cases among students and staff. (Emily Leayman/Patch)

HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN — Thirty-eight K-12 schools in Dakota County are currently on Minnesota Department of Health's list of schools that have had recent COVID-19 outbreaks.

The list is updated every Thursday.

Editor's note: This information came from the Minnesota Department of Health. The view the list of schools on the current list, click here and search for "Cases in Pre-K through Grade 12 School Buildings."

Find out what's happening in Maple Grovefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

A school has an outbreak when it reports five or more confirmed cases of the virus in students or staff who were in the building while infectious during the most recent two-week reporting period.

"School buildings listed may not have ongoing transmission," MDH noted. "School buildings that have not reported a new case for 28 days will be removed. If five or more cases are reported in a school building in a subsequent 2-week period, they will once again be listed."

Find out what's happening in Maple Grovefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Here are the 38 Hennepin County schools that are currently on the state health department's outbreak list.

  • Anthony Middle School, Minneapolis
  • Barton Open Elementary, Minneapolis
  • Champlin Park High School, Champlin
  • Creek Valley Elementary, Edina
  • Dayton Elementary, Dayton
  • Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion, Eden Prairie
  • Earle Brown Elementary, Brooklyn Center
  • Edison Senior High, Minneapolis
  • Fernbrook Elementary, Maple Grove
  • Glen Lake Elementary, Minnetonka
  • Hmong International Academy, Minneapolis
  • Jackson Middle, Champlin
  • Jefferson Elementary, Minneapolis
  • Kenny Elementary, Minneapolis
  • Maple Grove Middle School, Maple Grove
  • Maple Grove Senior High, Maple Grove
  • Marcy Open Elementary, Minneapolis
  • Minnehaha Academy Mid & Lower Schools, Minneapolis
  • Minnetonka Senior High, Minnetonka
  • Oak Point Elementary, Eden Prairie
  • Parnassus Preparatory School, Maple Grove
  • Peter Hobart Elementary, Saint Louis Park
  • Providence Academy, Plymouth
  • Redeemer Christian Academy, Wayzata
  • Richfield Senior High, Richfield
  • Robbinsdale Armstrong Senior High, Plymouth
  • Robbinsdale Cooper Senior High, New Hope
  • Rogers Senior High, Rogers
  • Sanford Middle, Minneapolis
  • SB Maranatha Christian Academy, Brooklyn Park
  • Southwest High School, Minneapolis
  • St. Charles Borromeo, Saint Anthony
  • St. John's Lutheran, Corcoran
  • Twin Cities International Schools, Minneapolis
  • Washburn Senior High, Minneapolis
  • Wayzata High, Plymouth
  • Weaver Lake Science Math & Technology School, Maple Grove
  • Yinghua Academy, Minneapolis

Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

More from Maple Grove