ABOUT ST. LOUIS PARK
About St. Louis Park
A neighbor to Minneapolis, St. Louis Park's convenient location means you're only minutes away from all of the Twin Cities' amenities: the chain of lakes, the downtown theater district, shopping, universities, and major league sports. To this cosmopolitan mix, St. Louis Park adds its long-standing tradition of friendliness, community involvement and commitment to excellence.
St. Louis Park is an established community of 10.8 square miles. In a little more than 115 years, it's grown from a village of 45 families to a community of 44,126 residents.
Residential areas comprise the largest portion of the community. Our community is home to retail stores, restaurants, medical facilities, family-owned businesses, corporations, and churches and synagogues. St. Louis Park has a sound economic base with commercial, industrial and apartment development comprising more than 60 percent of the tax base. Commercial uses comprise 13.8 percent of the community's land area.
St. Louis Park has 51 parks to enjoy (11.5 percent of St. Louis Park's land is set aside for parks). Bike trails link St. Louis Park to downtown Minneapolis, the Uptown area, Hopkins and Chaska. Residents of all ages can participate in year-round recreational and educational activities offered by the city and school district.
One of St. Louis Park's strengths is our nationally recognized school system. Unlike many other suburbs, our children can attend school within our community from preschool through high school. The school district's relatively small enrollment - 4,200 students in kindergarten through twelfth grade - allows for greater individual attention to learners, a strong sense of community and more opportunities for participation.
All seven public schools have been named National Schools of Excellence. St. Louis Park also has nine private schools serving a variety of interests. A brief overview of our schools appears in the About section of this web site. For detailed information about our public schools, click on School District's official web site located at www.slpschools. org.
Our community is committed to its children; in fact, St. Louis Park is the birthplace of the "Children First" movement. For more information, click on their web site at www.children-first.org.
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