Prairie Seeds High School Academy

Prairie Seeds High School Academy is one of the small four-year high schools in BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota, run under PRAIRIE SEEDS ACADEMY, with 282 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.

PRAIRIE SEEDS ACADEMY runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 860 students. Prairie Seeds High School Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Prairie Seeds High School Academy lists that nearly all students (85%) are Asian. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 6% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

On the resource side, On paper, Prairie Seeds High School Academy has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Prairie Seeds High School Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, Prairie Seeds High School Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.6%.

In the area at large, Hennepin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Prairie Seeds High School Academy is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Nearest neighbor: Prairie Seeds El School Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Prairie Seeds High School Academy comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 20.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. Prairie Seeds High School Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prairie Seeds High School Academy has grew 25%, going from 225 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged up from 57% to 85% over that span.

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