Level Up Academy

Level Up Academy is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minnesota, operated by Level Up Academy, with 145 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Level Up Academy sits 58% below that benchmark.

Level Up Academy runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 250 students. Level Up Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Level Up Academy shows that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest comes out to 8% multiracial, 8% Asian, 6% Black, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 41% of students at Level Up Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Level Up Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.2%; actual is 26.5%, a gap of -16.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Ramsey County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,568, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Level Up Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Level Up K-5 Virtual Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Level Up Academy operates from a commuter-belt location. Level Up Academy 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. Level Up Academy's enrollment has climbed 39% since 2018, when it stood at 104 (now 145). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 10% to 3%. Class-load math has rose: from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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