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The program currently enrolls 2,080 students in nine suburban districts. Students must live in Minneapolis and come from a low-income household.
BREAKDOWN BY RACE
63.4 percent black
17.8 percent white
9.7 percent Latino
7.7 percent Asian
1.3 percent American Indian
WHO GOES WHERE
Robbinsdale: 507
Hopkins: 307
Columbia Heights: 284
Wayzata: 256
St. Louis Park: 184
Richfield: 180
Edina: 179
St. Anthony/New Brighton: 118
Eden Prairie: 65
COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS
More than $7 million annually: $4.503 million (state aid for transportation costs); $2.5 million (federal grant).
Program extended beyond 2005 expiration. Funding is expected to continue through 2013.
Nearly 5,000 students participated in the first six years.
More than 62 percent of students withdrew during that period. About 17 percent of those students returned to a Minneapolis public school.
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