Champlin, Minnesota - Education: K-12

Education: K-12

The Champlin area is serviced by Anoka-Hennepin School District 11 with five primary schools. Four of the schools, Park View Early Childhood Center, Oxbow Creek Elementary, Jackson Middle School and Champlin Park High School, are clustered in an educational neighborhood near the intersection of 109th Ave N and Douglas Ave N (Champlin Park High School and Oxbow Creek Elementary School are actually located in the Brooklyn Park, Minnesota). The other school, Champlin Elementary School, is an older elementary school located near Old Town Champlin.

Champlin Elementary School was built in 1938 to service the primary educational needs of Champlin's school children. Today, it services approximately 350 students in the 1st through 5th grades - about 1/3 the size of the newer Oxbow Creek Elementary located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) away. Champlin Elementary School receives students directly from Park View Early Childhood Center. Champlin Elementary was closed in the summer of 2010, due to financial cuts in the district, and has been put up for sale by the city of Champlin. It combined with Riverview Elementary School to make the Champlin-Brooklyn Academy of Math and Environmental Science. Students began attending the newly joined school during the 2010-2011 school year.

Champlin Park High School is also one of the largest high schools in the state with approximately 3,172 students in the 9th through 12th grades. It is in the Northwest Suburban Conference with large athletic and music programs. Champlin Park High School receives students directly from Jackson Middle School.

Jackson Middle School was expanded in 2001 to be one of the largest junior high schools in the State of Minnesota. This was accomplished by the building of a completely new campus for Oxbow Creek Elementary (approximately 2 blocks southeast of the existing campus). Jackson Middle School then expanded into and connected (via expansion) to the former Oxbow Creek Elementary building. In 2006, Jackson Middle School built an observatory which hosts public viewing nights and provides astronomy education to its (and other Anoka-Hennepin) students. Jackson Middle School is home to approximately 2,356 students in the 6th through 8th grades. Jackson Middle School receives students directly from Champlin Elementary School, Dayton Elementary School (located in Dayton, Minnesota) and Oxbow Creek Elementary School and Monroe Elementary located in Brooklyn Park.

The new facility for Oxbow Creek Elementary School opened in 2001. The school is an exact match to Andover Elementary School as the school district utilized the same blueprints to build two elementary schools at the same time in different cities. Oxbow Creek Elementary provides educational services to 1,090 students in the 1st through 5th grades. Oxbow Creek Elementary receives students directly from Park View Early Childhood Center.

Champlin- Brooklyn Park Academy (Formerly Park View Kindergarten)provides kindergarten through 5th grade math and environmental Science education. Champlin- Brooklyn Park Academy currently has an enrollment of 855 students.