Richfield High School is the only public traditional

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Richfield, Minnesota Richfield is a suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling. An inner ring suburb of Minneapolis, it is bordered by Minneapolis to the north, Minn ...

, United States. The school serves grades 9-12 for the

Richfield Public Schools Richfield Public Schools, officially Independent School District #280, is the school district for Richfield, and a portion of neighboring Edina, Minnesota. Schools * Richfield Senior High School Richfield Dual Language School* Richfield STEM E ...

and have a "vision of equity" statement of "dismantling policies and processes that benefit whiteness and other systems of privilege".

Athletics

Richfield High School is a member of the

Tri-Metro Conference The Tri-Metro Conference is a MSHSL-sanctioned athletic conference composed of schools found in the Twin Cities metro area. The conference competes in the majority of sports offered in the MSHSL. Most teams in the Tri-Metro compete in basketball a ...

in the

Minnesota State High School League The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) is a voluntary, non-profit association for the support and governance of interscholastic activities at high schools in Minnesota, United States. The association supports interscholastic athletics an ...

Notable alumni

Steve Christoff Steven Mark Christoff (born January 23, 1958) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played 248 regular season games in the NHL with the Minnesota North Stars, Calgary Flames, and Los Angeles Kings in 1980–84. Christoff is b ...

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player *

Darby Hendrickson Darby Joseph Hendrickson (born August 28, 1972) is an American former professional ice hockey Centre (ice hockey), center. He played in the National Hockey League, NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders, Vancouver Canucks, Minnesota ...

, NHL player *

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, Minnesota State Senator from District 37 *

Damian Rhodes Damian Rhodes (born May 28, 1969) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. Rhodes played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, and Atlanta Thrashers over eleven National Hockey League (NHL) seasons. He became the first p ...

, NHL player

References

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* {{authority control Public high schools in Minnesota Educational institutions established in 1954 Schools in Hennepin County, Minnesota Richfield, Minnesota 1954 establishments in Minnesota