 As the North Side neighborhood has changed , so has Minneapolis North . During the 1920s and 1930s the North Side was the center of Minneapolis ' Jewish population . In 1936 almost half of the students were Jewish . The North Side has since transitioned into a diverse working @-@ class neighborhood with the highest rate of housing foreclosures in Minneapolis . North used to be a very large school and was overcrowded with over 2800 students attending the school in 1931 . Now , residents are able to choose which schools they attend , and as a result only about half of the North Side 's students attend local schools such as North . The Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education 's decision to close several North Side middle and elementary schools led to North 's enrollment plummeting from 1 @,@ 143 students in 2004 @-@ 05 to 265 students in 2010 . On October 11 , 2010 Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent <unk> Johnson recommend to the Board of Education the phasing out of North High Community High School beginning the 2011 @-@ 12 school year . However , this decision resulted in backlash from the North Minneapolis community . It was decided that North Community High School would remain open , but change its curriculum standards to focus more on arts and communications . It is now called North Academy of Arts and Communications ( NAAC ) . 
