AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY

AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY is a rural-scale high school in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, operated by AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY. The school enrolls 88 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 76% below the state mean of about 371.

Operationally, AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY answers to AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY shows that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 18% Native American, 13% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 7% White. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 15.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 7.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household earnings sit near $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY is one.

Lake Nokomis Keewaydin Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 47.5%.

The school occupies an urban site. AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY has rose 6%, going from 83 students in 2018 to 88 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 30% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

On the community side, members of the AUGSBURG FAIRVIEW ACADEMY community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.