ISD 271 has served the K–12 educational needs of the city since the 1960s, with an operating fund revenue of $148.1 million in 2020. Fifteen public schools in Bloomington are operated by the district, governed by a seven-member elected school board, which appointed current Superintendent Les Fujitake in 2006. The previous superintendent, Gary Prest, won the Superintendent of the Year for 2005 in Minnesota. The city's first public charter school, Seven Hills Classical Academy, opened in 2006. As many families remain in or continue to move into the city, there has been support for levy increases. In 1999, they approved the then-largest school bond issue in Minnesota history, funding a $107 million school expansion and renovation project.