Gateway STEM Academy Charter School

Gateway STEM Academy Charter School is one of the tiny elementary schools in BURNSVILLE, Minnesota, part of Gateway STEM Academy, with 121 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Gateway STEM Academy Charter School sits 65% below that benchmark.

Gateway STEM Academy is the operating authority for Gateway STEM Academy Charter School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Gateway STEM Academy Charter School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (100%). The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Roughly 92% of students at Gateway STEM Academy Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dakota County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gateway STEM Academy Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 15.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dakota County put the typical household earns roughly $106,318 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dakota County runs 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), of which Gateway STEM Academy Charter School is one.

Burnsville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gateway STEM Academy Charter School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.0%.

The school occupies an urban site. Gateway STEM Academy Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On allk12, members of the Gateway STEM Academy Charter School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.