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Progeny Academy Charter School

5929 BROOKLYN BOULEVARD, BROOKLYN CENTER, MN 55429 · (763) 325-9150 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL92 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Minnesota public elementary 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 elementary schools

Enrollment
92
Elementary
STATE 344
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
8 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
76 students
STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten33%
Grade 1910%
Grade 267%
Grade 31011%
Grade 4910%
Grade 51314%
Grade 689%
Grade 71516%
Grade 81921%
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 60% · US 70%
White
1011%
STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
1820%
STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
5358%
STATE 12% · US 15%
Asian
11%
STATE 7% · US 6%
Two+
910%
STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
11%
STATE 2% · US 1%
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
Male
5358%
Female
3942%

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Test scores

MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds Standards
English Language Arts
25.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
4.2%
MN avg 45.3%

What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
13.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Progeny Academy Charter School

Progeny Academy Charter School's state test result (13.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Progeny Academy Charter School this school9282.6%13.3%
The Journey School
SAINT PAUL
12584.0%9.1%
Minnesota Transitions Charter Elem
MINNEAPOLIS
8595.3%7.1%
Pratt Elementary
MINNEAPOLIS
19676.5%29.6%
North Metro Flex Academy
NORTH SAINT PAUL
14677.4%27.7%
Prodeo Columbia Heights Primary
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
21888.1%N/A
Matched among Minnesota elementary 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 Progeny Academy Charter School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MinnesotaIn Hennepin County
Enrollment
ranked largest first
92#953 of 1,130#184 of 206
Ranked against other public elementary 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 2024-25
Enrollment
92
+40 (+77%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2592811.5:183% (76)
2023-2496713.7:182% (79)
2022-2385328.3:176% (65)
2020-2152510.4:188% (46)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Progeny Academy Charter School.

About Progeny Academy Charter School

Families in BROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota, are served by Progeny Academy Charter School, a very small elementary school. It reported 92 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll about 344 students on average.

Progeny Academy Charter School operates as its own local education agency.

Federal enrollment data show Progeny Academy Charter School is 58% Black. The next largest groups are 20% Hispanic, 11% White, and 10% multiracial. The school's Black share is 44 points above the 13% share among Hennepin County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.

Classroom staffing at Progeny Academy Charter School totals 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.5:1. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 83% of students (76) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County, the school's rate is higher.

Progeny Academy Charter School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of Minnesota public elementary schools.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.7% for Progeny Academy Charter School. The school posts 13.3%, 7.4 points below the prediction.

The school is in Hennepin County, where median household income comes to about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hennepin County's 496 public schools enroll about 177,509 students and include Progeny Academy Charter School.

Progeny Academy Charter School's closest public school neighbor is NORTHPORT ELEMENTARY, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 18.3% on proficiency, and Progeny Academy Charter School is below that at 13.3%.

NCES describes the area around Progeny Academy Charter School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Progeny Academy Charter School operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 52 to 92. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.4:1 to 11.5:1 over the same years.

Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.

Hennepin County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Progeny Academy Charter School
District
Progeny Academy Charter School
Address
5929 BROOKLYN BOULEVARD, BROOKLYN CENTER, MN 55429
Phone
(763) 325-9150
County
Hennepin County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–08
Total enrollment
92
Teachers (FTE)
8
Student–teacher ratio
11.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
76 (83%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
270044405133
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Progeny Academy Charter School
How large is Progeny Academy Charter School?
Progeny Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 92 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Progeny Academy Charter School serve?
Progeny Academy Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Progeny Academy Charter School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Progeny Academy Charter School.
How diverse is Progeny Academy Charter School?
Progeny Academy Charter School reports a student body of 11% White, 20% Hispanic, 58% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Progeny Academy Charter School?
Progeny Academy Charter School is overseen by Progeny Academy Charter School in Hennepin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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