Banaadir Academy

As a tiny junior high in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Banaadir Academy hosts 39 students from grades 5 through 6, run under Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch. That puts it 92% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,721 students; Banaadir Academy is among them.

On the student-mix side, Banaadir Academy logs that nearly all students (100%) are Black. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the income-and-resources front, Banaadir Academy records 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household income runs about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Banaadir Academy is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Banaadir Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Banaadir Academy operates from a downtown location. Banaadir Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count shrank 84%: 249 students in 2018 compared to 39 in 2024. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.