New City School

As an average-sized K-5 school in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, New City School educates 351 students from grades K through 8, overseen by NEW CITY SCHOOL.

NEW CITY SCHOOL is the operating authority for New City School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New City School lists that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 25% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at school resources, New City School reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting New City School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at New City School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, New City School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 40.6%, a residual of +3.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) records that median household earnings sit near $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 New City School is one.

The closest other public school is Las Estrellas Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, New City School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site. New City School 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. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 154%: 138 students in 2018 compared to 351 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 31.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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