Compass Academy Secondary

Compass Academy Secondary is an intermediate school of tiny scale in BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota, part of New Century School, caters to 47 students in grades 6 through 7. Enrollment runs roughly 91% below the state mean of about 495.

Compass Academy Secondary is one of 5 schools operated by New Century School, a district that educates 966 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Compass Academy Secondary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (100%). The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Compass Academy Secondary shows 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 47.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household earnings sit near $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), Compass Academy Secondary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Compass Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Compass Academy Secondary.

The school occupies an urban site. Compass Academy Secondary 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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