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What's something BEACON ACADEMY does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
524
Elementary
STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEACON ACADEMY·NCES 270036604110
BEACON ACADEMY
3415 LOUISIANA AVE N, CRYSTAL, MN 55427 · (763) 546-9999 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
30 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
254 students
STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 11% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
46.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
23.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where BEACON ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #622 of 844 | #94 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #735 of 844 | #124 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #467 of 844 | #80 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #256 of 1,130 | #62 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #713 of 769 | #150 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #122 of 796 | #42 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.5% | #349 of 942 | #82 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #460 of 499 | #85 of 99 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
524
-44 (-8%) vs 2020
+27% since 2010-11, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 524 | 30.3 | 17.3:1 | 48% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 46.8 | 11.1:1 | 52% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 34.8 | 15.7:1 | 51% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 45 | 12.6:1 | 31% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 41.5 | 12.9:1 | 34% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 18% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEACON ACADEMY.
About BEACON ACADEMY
BEACON ACADEMY is a high-enrollment elementary school with an address in CRYSTAL, Minnesota. The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 524 students. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average enrollment is about 344.
BEACON ACADEMY operates as its own local education agency.
Black students account for 37% of enrollment at BEACON ACADEMY, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 36% White, 14% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. Among people living in Hennepin County, the Black share is about 13%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BEACON ACADEMY scores 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.3:1. The school has 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 3.6 students per teacher. In all, 48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.0% for BEACON ACADEMY. The school posts 34.1%, 4.9 points below the prediction.
The school is in Hennepin County, where median household income comes to about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hennepin County counts 496 public schools with about 177,509 students.
NEILL ELEMENTARY is the nearest public school to BEACON ACADEMY, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, BEACON ACADEMY ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
BEACON ACADEMY falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. BEACON ACADEMY is a public charter school.
Enrollment was 524 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 568. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 12.6:1 in 2020-21 to 17.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CRYSTAL
- FOREST ELEMENTARYElementary · 464 students
- The FAIR School - CrystalMiddle · 439 students
- NEILL ELEMENTARYElementary · 359 students
- ROBBINSDALE TRANSITION CENTERHigh · 49 students
- ADULT ACADEMICSHigh · 1 students
Nearby schools
- NEILL ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 359
- The FAIR School - Crystal0.9 mi · 439
- SONNESYN ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 313
- Robbinsdale Shared Time Program1.0 mi · 6
- Robbinsdale Virtual Academy K-51.1 mi · 11
- Sandburg Middle School1.1 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About BEACON ACADEMYHow many students attend BEACON ACADEMY?
BEACON ACADEMY enrolls approximately 524 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does BEACON ACADEMY serve?
BEACON ACADEMY serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BEACON ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BEACON ACADEMY is approximately 17.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BEACON ACADEMY?
At BEACON ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 36% White, 14% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is BEACON ACADEMY public or private?
BEACON ACADEMY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by BEACON ACADEMY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.