Fights end Hopkins-Tartan game; police clear gym
Police cleared the gym and ended a basketball game early at Hopkins High School on Saturday night after fights broke out during a matchup between Hopkins and Tartan, officials said. The event was hosted by Breakdown Sports under a rental agreement that required a security plan, which included two on-site officers; school leaders reported no serious injuries and noted a similar third-party tournament in August also saw fights at the same venue.
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In the 2023-2024 school year, Hopkins Senior High School's student body was 49% White, 27% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% two or more races, and 4% Asian. ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/hopkins-public-school-district/hopkins-senior-high-school-10843))
Hopkins Senior High School in Minnetonka, MN - US News Best High Schools â US News
In the 2023-2024 school year, Tartan Senior High School's student body was 30% White, 22% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 17% Black, and 8% two or more races. ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982)) ([US News](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/north-st-paul-maplewood-oakdale-school-district/tartan-senior-high-school-10982))
Tartan Senior High School in Oakdale, MN - US News Best High Schools â US News
In Minnesota, Black students, who make up 12% of the public school student population, received 32% of expulsions and out-of-school suspensions in 2022. ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms)) ([MPR News](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/01/black-students-are-still-kicked-out-of-school-at-higher-rates-despite-reforms))
Black students are still kicked out of school at higher rates despite reforms â MPR News
Racial disparities in school discipline in Minnesota are influenced by subjective judgments in discipline for behaviors like disruption, where Black students are disproportionately affected compared to objective infractions. ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf)) ([Minnesota Department of Human Rights](https://mn.gov/mdhr/assets/Suspensions%2520and%2520Expulsions%2520Report_tcm1061-529594.pdf))
Suspensions and Expulsions Report â Minnesota Department of Human Rights
đ Key Facts
- Location: Hopkins High School, Hennepin County
- Event host: Breakdown Sports (rented the gym; not a school-run event)
- Security: Two on-site police officers responded per required plan
- Outcome: Game ended early; gym cleared; no serious injuries reported
- Context: Similar fight-disrupted tournament at Hopkins four months ago (Strictly Bball)
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