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Richfield is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota. An inner-ring suburb of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul region, it is bordered by Minneapolis to the north, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to the east, Bloomington to the south, and Edina to the west. Best Buy, the U.S.’s largest electronics retailer, has its headquarters in Richfield. The population was 35,228 at the 2010 census.

Richfield has public schools, private schools, alternative education programs, and post-secondary options.

The school district, Independent School District 280, serves about 4,200 students in Richfield and part of Edina in grades K-12. Richfield schools are divided into elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools.

Four elementary schools serve primary students in grades K-5: Centennial Elementary; Sheridan Elementary; R-STEM Elementary, which focuses its curriculum on science, technology, engineering, and math; and RDLS Elementary, a dual language school which teaches students in both English and Spanish.

Students in grades 6-8 attend Richfield Middle School.^[15] Richfield High School serves approximately 1400 students in grades 9-12.^[16]

Outside of the school district there is Watershed High School.

• Academy of Holy Angels, a Catholic, co-educational high school that serves over 800 students in grades 9-12
• The Fraser School, serving children six-weeks to six-years old
• Blessed Trinity Catholic School
• Mount Calvary Lutheran School
• Minnesota Japanese School
• Augsberg Park Montessori School

• Adler Graduate School
• Globe University/Minnesota School of Business, a career college
• Minnesota Life College

Recreation

Richfield has more than 450 acres  of parkland, 23 neighborhood parks and a nature preserve. Wood Lake Nature Center is a 150-acre park operated by the city of Richfield that features wetlands, walking paths and an interpretive center. When the Nature Center opened in 1971, it was one of the first urban nature center in the United States, and is currently home to more than 200 different kinds of birds and 30 mammals.

Richfield’s Ice Arena has two full-size indoor skating rinks. Hockey games, figure skating, broom ball games, open skating, and community events all take place in this facility. Located near the ice arena is Richfield’s outdoor pool. Renovated in 2003, the swim complex features a 50-meter competitive pool, wading pool, and a 28-foot  double waterslide.

• City website
• Richfield Public Schools

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