Enrollment
167
Middle
DISTRICT 106 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY OF THE ARTS·NCES 270019005280
Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm
3320 E. 41ST ST, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55406 · (612) 879-6703 · Hennepin County
GRADES 02–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL167 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Minnesota public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
29.6:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 58.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
135 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 10% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
20.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
11.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 →
Schools most like Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm
Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm this school | 167 | 80.8% | 16.5% |
| KIPP North Star Academy MINNEAPOLIS | 107 | 94.4% | 10.8% |
| Success Academy Bloomington Middle BLOOMINGTON | 63 | 90.5% | 27.0% |
| STEP Academy 6-12 - Burnsville BURNSVILLE | 96 | 96.9% | 25.4% |
| Quantum STEAM Academy Middle School SAINT PAUL | 72 | 95.8% | 19.6% |
| MN International Middle Chr School MINNEAPOLIS | 326 | 99.4% | 23.1% |
Matched among Minnesota middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #230 of 245 | #39 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #230 of 245 | #39 of 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #232 of 245 | #40 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 167 | #221 of 306 | #45 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.8% | #18 of 252 | #9 of 47 |
Ranked against other public middle 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
167
-36 (-18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
29.6:1
was 101.5:1
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 | 167 | 5.7 | 29.6:1 | 81% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 146 | 9 | 16.3:1 | 81% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 3 | 70.8:1 | 85% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 203 | 2 | 101.5:1 | 85% (172) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm.
About Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm
Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm is a very small middle school in Minnesota, located in MINNEAPOLIS. There are 167 students enrolled, covering grades 2 through 8. Across middle schools in Minnesota, the average enrollment is about 495.
Friendship Academy of the Arts, which runs Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm, has 2 schools and 211 students.
Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm is 96% Black by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% White. In Hennepin County overall, about 13% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm scores 8%.
There are 5.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 29.6:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 81% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Minnesota public middle schools, Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 21.6% for a school in Minnesota with Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm's free or reduced-price lunch share. Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm posts 16.5%.
In Hennepin County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $97,653 a year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm, Hennepin County has 496 public schools.
Northrop Elementary is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm ranks 6th of 6 on average proficiency.
Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment decreased by 18% across 4 years, from 203 in 2020-21 to 167 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 101.5:1 to 29.6:1 over the same years.
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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 Friendship Academy of the Arts
- Friendship Academy of Arts-PrimaryElementary · 44 students
Other schools in MINNEAPOLIS
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Nearby schools
- Northrop Elementary0.4 mi · 381
- Roosevelt High - SWS0.4 mi · 91
- Roosevelt High0.4 mi · 1,148
- Hiawatha Elementary0.6 mi · 201
- Friendship Academy of Arts-Primary0.6 mi · 44
- Howe Elementary0.7 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About Friendship Academy of Arts - IntermHow large is Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm?
Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm enrolls approximately 167 students in grades 02-08.
What age range does Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm serve?
Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm serves students from grade 02 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm have?
Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 29.6:1.
How diverse is Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm?
Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm reports a student body of 3% White, 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm in?
Friendship Academy of Arts - Interm is part of Friendship Academy of the Arts.
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