Enrollment
219
Middle
DISTRICT 287 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRIE SEEDS ACADEMY·NCES 270024004805
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy
6200 W BROADWAY AVE, BROOKLYN PARK, MN 55428 · (763) 450-1388 · Hennepin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL219 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Minnesota public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
149 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 78 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 31% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy→Prairie Seeds High School Academy
Feeds from
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
20.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
18.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy's state test result (18.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy this school | 219 | 68.0% | 18.1% |
| Noble Academy Middle School BROOKLYN PARK | 138 | 73.9% | 29.0% |
| Txuj Ci HMong Language & Culture U SAINT PAUL | 337 | 78.9% | 25.2% |
| HOPE Community Academy Middle SAINT PAUL | 221 | 90.0% | 13.1% |
| Hmong College Prep Academy MS SAINT PAUL | 724 | 81.2% | 14.3% |
| Farnsworth Aerospace Upper SAINT PAUL | 453 | 82.6% | 18.6% |
Matched among Minnesota middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #227 of 245 | #37 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #213 of 245 | #33 of 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #231 of 245 | #39 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 219 | #211 of 306 | #42 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #166 of 210 | #30 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #159 of 216 | #39 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #39 of 252 | #17 of 47 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
219
+15 (+7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 22.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 219 | 11.5 | 19.0:1 | 68% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 211 | 12.3 | 17.1:1 | 74% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 195 | 12 | 16.3:1 | 73% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 204 | 9 | 22.7:1 | 71% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 199 | 9 | 22.1:1 | 74% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 194 | 11 | 17.6:1 | 82% (159) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (199 to 219); teachers up 28% (9 to 11.5).
About Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy
Families in BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota, are served by Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy, a small middle school. The school counted 219 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 56% below the 495-student average for middle schools in Minnesota.
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy falls under PRAIRIE SEEDS ACADEMY, which has 3 schools enrolling 860 students.
At Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy, 84% of students are Asian. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic and 6% Black. Census figures show Hennepin County is about 7% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 29%.
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy has a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1, with 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Minnesota average 17.5:1. The school has 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Hennepin County average 43%.
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of Minnesota public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy is 10.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Hennepin County show that median household income comes to about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 496, with about 177,509 students.
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy's closest public school neighbor is Prairie Seeds High School Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
From 204 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 219 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 22.7:1 to 19.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PRAIRIE SEEDS ACADEMY
- Prairie Seeds El School AcademyElementary · 359 students
- Prairie Seeds High School AcademyHigh · 282 students
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- Brooklyn Middle STEAM SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Athlos Leadership AcademyElementary · 807 students
- EDINBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 701 students
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 609 students
- Monroe Elementary School - MSEElementary · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Seeds High School Academy0.0 mi · 282
- Prairie Seeds El School Academy0.0 mi · 359
- MEADOW LAKE ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 488
- ADULT ACADEMICS1.0 mi · 1
- ROBBINSDALE TRANSITION CENTER1.0 mi · 49
- North Education Center Academy1.0 mi · 37
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Seeds Middle School AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy?
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy enrolls approximately 219 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy serve?
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy have?
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy?
Student demographics at Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy are roughly 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 84% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy in?
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy is part of PRAIRIE SEEDS ACADEMY.
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