The program currently enrolls 2,080 students in nine suburban districts. Students must live in Minneapolis and come from a low-income household. BREAKDOWN BY RACE
63.4 percent black

17.8 percent white

9.7 percent Latino
7.7 percent Asian

1.3 percent American Indian
WHO GOES WHERE

Robbinsdale: 507

Hopkins: 307

Columbia Heights: 284

Wayzata: 256

St. Louis Park: 184

Richfield: 180

Edina: 179

St. Anthony/New Brighton: 118

Eden Prairie: 65

COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS

More than $7 million annually: $4.503 million (state aid for transportation costs); $2.5 million (federal grant).

Program extended beyond 2005 expiration. Funding is expected to continue through 2013.

Nearly 5,000 students participated in the first six years.

More than 62 percent of students withdrew during that period. About 17 percent of those students returned to a Minneapolis public school.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education