Editing Bloomington, Minnesota (section)

==Education==
ISD 271 has served the pre-kindergarten to grade 12 educational needs of the city since the 1960s, with an operating fund revenue of $148.1 million in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=mike.hanks@apgecm.com|first=Mike Hanks|title=Bloomington finalizing 2020-21 school district budget|url=https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_current/free/bloomington-finalizing-2020-21-school-district-budget/article_13ab07e0-afdb-11ea-8fa5-cf8ac803a3ec.html|access-date=January 24, 2021|website=hometownsource.com|language=en}}</ref> Fifteen public schools in Bloomington are operated by the district as well as a K-12 online school,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bloomington Public Schools {{!}} |url=https://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/ |access-date=June 24, 2024 |website=www.bloomington.k12.mn.us |language=en}}</ref> governed by a seven-member elected school board, which appointed Superintendent Eric Melbye in 2021.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/news/dr-eric-melbye-selected-bloomington-public-schools-superintendent | title=Dr. Eric Melbye selected BPS Superintendent | date=May 6, 2021 | access-date=July 26, 2021 | author=Bloomington Public Schools}}</ref> The previous superintendent, Les Fujitake, served from 2006 until 2020. The city's first public [[charter school]], Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, opened in 2006. As many families remain in or continue to move into the city, there has been support for levy increases. In 1999, the then-largest school bond issue in Minnesota history was approved, funding a $107 million school expansion and renovation project.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ten 7 Interactive, LLC. |url=http://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/ |title=Bloomington Public Schools - District #271 |publisher=Bloomington.k12.mn.us |date=June 26, 2017 |access-date=August 7, 2017}}</ref>

The district's two high schools are [[Bloomington Kennedy High School|John F. Kennedy High School]] in the east and [[Bloomington Jefferson High School|Thomas Jefferson High School]] in the west. New Code Academy is an online high school for students in any area. The determining boundary for high school attendance runs near the center of Bloomington on France and Xerxes Avenues, though both schools have open enrollment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/departments/superintendent/assistant_supt/boundaries.html |title=School Boundaries |publisher=Bloomington Public Schools |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110003150/http://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/departments/superintendent/assistant_supt/boundaries.html |archive-date=January 10, 2008}}</ref>

{| style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
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! colspan="3"|Public schools in Bloomington
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! Elementary schools !! Middle schools !! High schools
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| Hillcrest Community || New Code Academy || [[Bloomington Kennedy High School|John F. Kennedy]]
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| Indian Mounds || Olson || [[Bloomington Jefferson High School|Thomas Jefferson]]
|-
| Normandale Hills || Oak Grove
|New Code Academy
|-
|New Code Academy
|Valley View
| rowspan="8" |
|-
| Oak Grove
| rowspan="7" |
|-
| Olson
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| Poplar Bridge
|-
| Ridgeview
|-
| Valley View
|-
| Washburn
|-
| Westwood
|}

Bloomington's third high school, [[Bloomington Lincoln High School|Abraham Lincoln High School]] (originally Bloomington High School), closed in 1982 and was sold to the [[Control Data Corporation]] in the mid-1980s. Bloomington Stadium, next to the former high school, is still used by both [[Bloomington Kennedy High School|Kennedy High School]] and [[Bloomington Jefferson High School|Jefferson High School]] for [[American football|football]], [[lacrosse]], and [[soccer]] games.

[[Mindquest]], the nation's first [[online]] [[public high school]], operated between 1995 and 2003 through the Bloomington Public Schools.<ref name="SHAPE">{{cite web |title=South Hennepin Adult Programs in Education |access-date=January 23, 2011 |url=http://www.mindquest.bloomington.k12.mn.us/South%20Hennepin%20Adult%20Programs%20in%20Education.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311032016/http://www.mindquest.bloomington.k12.mn.us/South%20Hennepin%20Adult%20Programs%20in%20Education.html |archive-date=March 11, 2011}}</ref>

===Private schools===
* Bloomington Lutheran School is a K–8 Christian school associated with the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod|WELS]]. The school is near Bloomington Ferry Road and Old Shakopee Road.
* Nativity of Mary School is on Lyndale Avenue. It is associated with the Nativity of Mary Catholic Church and community.
* [[United Christian Academy]] provides K–12 Christian Education. Just west of France Avenue on 98th Street, it is interdenominational with representation of over 60 different Christian churches.

===Higher education===
[[File:Normandale Community College 15 - Japanese garden.jpg|thumb|right|Japanese garden at [[Normandale Community College]]]]
* [[Normandale Community College]] is a two-year college with about 18,000 full- and part-time students,<ref name="Normandale">{{cite web|title=Normandale at a Glance |access-date=July 1, 2013 |url=http://www.normandale.edu/about-us/normandale-at-a-glance.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608074237/http://www.normandale.edu/about-us/normandale-at-a-glance.html |archive-date=June 8, 2013}}</ref> founded in 1968. It is part of the [[Minnesota State Colleges and Universities]] (MnSCU) system.
* [[Northwestern Health Sciences University]] focuses on [[Alternative medicine|alternative health care]] and patient research, in the areas of [[chiropractic]], [[acupuncture]], [[Traditional Chinese medicine|oriental medicine]], and [[massage]].
* [[Rasmussen University]] offers more than 70 programs leading to associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and a variety of certificates and diplomas.