Friendship Academy of Arts-Primary

Friendship Academy of Arts-Primary, a rural-scale elementary-level community in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, operated by Friendship Academy of the Arts, hosts 44 students, covering grades K through 1. Enrollment runs roughly 87% below the state mean of about 344.

Within Friendship Academy of the Arts, which oversees 2 schools and 211 students, Friendship Academy of Arts-Primary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Friendship Academy of Arts-Primary reports that nearly all students (98%) are Black. The remainder looks like 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 88.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at Friendship Academy of Arts-Primary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Friendship Academy of Arts-Primary is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Roosevelt High - SWS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a public charter, Friendship Academy of Arts-Primary runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Friendship Academy of Arts-Primary has contracted 71%, going from 152 students in 2018 to 44 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 88.0:1 in 2025.

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