Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield

Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield is a junior high of very small scale in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, run under HIAWATHA ACADEMIES, works with 74 students in grade 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield sits 85% below that benchmark.

HIAWATHA ACADEMIES comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,660 students; Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield is among them.

On demographics, Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield records that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 12% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 88% of students at Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

Around the school, census data for Hennepin County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield is one.

Venture Academy Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count decreased 79%: 360 students in 2018 compared to 74 in 2024. Hispanic enrollment moved from 92% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 in 2024.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.