MPS Online K-5

MPS Online K-5 is an elementary campus of rural-scale scale in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, overseen by Minneapolis Public School District, hosting 67 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so MPS Online K-5 sits 81% below that benchmark.

Minneapolis Public School District runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 29,928 students. MPS Online K-5 is one of those campuses.

On demographics, MPS Online K-5 lists that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 12% White, 12% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 12% Native American. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which MPS Online K-5 is one.

Minneapolis Academy & Career Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

MPS Online K-5 operates from an urban location. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

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