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EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
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Located at 11111 BREN RD W, in MINNETONKA, Minnesota, EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a substantial 9-12 campus that caters to 702 students (grades 6 through 12), operated by EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. Enrollment runs roughly 89% larger than the state mean of about 371.
EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, a district that works with 1,532 students overall.
Demographically, EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL shows that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 36% Black, 18% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.5%; actual is 69.3%, +23.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).
The closest other public school is EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 47.6%.
EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL operates from a high-density location. EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Looking at the recent track record. EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 26% since 2018, when it stood at 555 (now 702). The White share of enrollment contracted from 56% to 37% over that span.
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