Compass Academy

Compass Academy is an elementary school of intimate scale in BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota, overseen by New Century School, educateing 245 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 29% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Within New Century School, which oversees 5 schools and 966 students, Compass Academy is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Compass Academy reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%). The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Compass Academy shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Compass Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.2%; this one delivers 29.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate median household income runs about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Compass Academy is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

The closest other public school is Compass Academy Secondary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Compass Academy comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.2%.

Compass Academy operates from an inner-city location. Compass Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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