COLOGNE ACADEMY

COLOGNE ACADEMY is one of the high-enrollment primary schools in COLOGNE, Minnesota, part of COLOGNE ACADEMY, with 679 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so COLOGNE ACADEMY sits 97% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in COLOGNE ACADEMY (731 students total), COLOGNE ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, COLOGNE ACADEMY reports that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting COLOGNE ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 13% of students at COLOGNE ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, COLOGNE ACADEMY ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 58.0%; COLOGNE ACADEMY posts 77.1%, +19.1 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Carver County indicate the typical household earns roughly $125,946 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Carver County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,076 students), COLOGNE ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cologne Academy Online, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around COLOGNE ACADEMY.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. As a public charter, COLOGNE ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. COLOGNE ACADEMY's enrollment has increased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 613 (now 679). White enrollment moved from 88% to 70% across the same window.

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