Modern Montessori Charter School

Modern Montessori Charter School is an elementary school in CHAMPLIN, Minnesota, and it is part of Modern Montessori Charter School. It enrolls 204 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 41% below the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota.

Modern Montessori Charter School is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

At Modern Montessori Charter School, 77% of students are White. The remaining students are 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Hennepin County is about 66% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.

For every teacher at Modern Montessori Charter School, there are about 14.6 students; the school has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 26%. Public schools in Hennepin County average 43%.

Modern Montessori Charter School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Minnesota public elementary schools.

BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Modern Montessori Charter School posts 33.6% against a 51.1% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Minnesota.

Looking at the county, Hennepin County, median household income comes to about $97,653, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 496 public schools and about 177,509 students.

Modern Montessori Charter School is about 0.8 miles from Anoka Middle School for the Arts, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Modern Montessori Charter School ranks 4th on average proficiency.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.

Enrollment was 110 in 2020-21 and 204 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.2:1 to 14.6:1.

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