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Anoka High School is a four-year public high school located in Anoka, Minnesota, US on 3939 7th Avenue N.School overviewAnoka High School is part of Anoka-Hennepin School District 11 and is one of five regular high schools in the district. The history of Anoka High School can be traced back to 1880 and the establishment of the city of Anoka, making it one of the oldest high schools in Minnesota. The school districts of Anoka and surrounding communities were consolidated into the Anoka-Hennepin School District in 1952. Anoka High has a student population of around 2,500. White students made up 90% of the student population; African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians constitute about 3% each. American Indian students made up the remaining 1% of the population. Anoka High School participates in the University of Minnesota's College in the Schools program.HistoryThe current Anoka High School building opened in 1971. The first Anoka High School was opened in 1904 and located in downtown Anoka. The second Anoka High School was opened in 1955, a few blocks southeast of downtown Anoka, with the old location becoming Sandburg Middle School. After the current building opened in 1971, the old high school became Fred Moore Junior High School (later Fred Moore Middle School, and now Anoka Middle School). Despite the move, the Anoka Tornadoes Football Team continues to play its home games at Goodrich field, which is just north of Anoka Middle School.Anoka High School draws enrollment from Anoka and the neighboring towns of Andover, Nowthen, Oak Grove, Ramsey, and parts of Coon Rapids. From the forming of the Anoka-Hennepin School District 11 in 1920, until the opening of Coon Rapids High School in 1963, all district students attended High School in Anoka. Anoka was the largest high school in the state until the opening of Champlin Park High School in 1992, and the removal of Anoka's enrollment from Champlin, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, and Dayton; it continues to be among the state's largest four-year secondary schools.