Minneapolis Academy & Career Center

Minneapolis Academy & Career Center is one of the one-room-style senior highs in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, overseen by Minneapolis Public School District, with 76 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 80% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Minneapolis Public School District runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 29,928 students. Minneapolis Academy & Career Center is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Minneapolis Academy & Career Center shows that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Native American, 3% White. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Minneapolis Academy & Career Center lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Minneapolis Academy & Career Center tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 83% of students at Minneapolis Academy & Career Center 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 somewhat above typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) reports that median household income runs about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Minneapolis Academy & Career Center is one.

MPS Online K-5 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 an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 347%: 17 students in 2018 compared to 76 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 76% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 2.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Minneapolis Academy & Career Center community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.