Phoenix Academy Charter School

Phoenix Academy Charter School is one of the intimate elementary campuss in NORTH BRANCH, Minnesota, run under Phoenix Academy Charter School, with 156 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Phoenix Academy Charter School sits 55% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Phoenix Academy Charter School answers to Phoenix Academy Charter School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Phoenix Academy Charter School lists that 79% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Phoenix Academy Charter School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Phoenix Academy Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Chisago County's rate of about 27%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Phoenix Academy Charter School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.0%; this one delivers 44.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Chisago County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,400, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Chisago County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,668 students), of which Phoenix Academy Charter School is one.

North Branch Area Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Phoenix Academy Charter School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. Phoenix Academy Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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