ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL

As a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in WEST SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls 78 students from grades 9 through 12, run under ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL. Enrollment runs roughly 79% leaner than the state mean of about 371.

ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL sits inside ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 19% Hispanic, 18% Black, 14% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.9%; actual is 26.2%, a gap of -23.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dakota County) reports that median household earnings sit near $106,318, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BRANCH OUT TRANSITIONAL SERVICES, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 20% since 2018, when it stood at 98 (now 78). Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 9% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 5.8:1 today.

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