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PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.
Located at 6500 NICOLLET AVE S, in RICHFIELD, Minnesota, PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC. is a reasonably sized elementary campus that teaches 515 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC. sits 50% bigger than that benchmark.
PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC. sits inside PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC., the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
On demographics, PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC. shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school shows 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC. has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.3%, the actual is 24.5%, a residual of +6.2 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SciTech Academy Charter School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC. at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 33.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. As a public charter, PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC. runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Looking at the recent track record. PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.'s enrollment has expanded 103% since 2018, when it stood at 254 (now 515).
On the community side, members of the PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC. community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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