SET Academy Middle

SET Academy Middle is one of the tight-knit junior highs in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, operated by METRO SCHOOLS CHARTER, with 255 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 48% below the state mean of about 495.

SET Academy Middle is a school of METRO SCHOOLS CHARTER, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, SET Academy Middle lists that 99% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, SET Academy Middle lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

In the area at large, census data for Hennepin County shows 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. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which SET Academy Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: SET Academy Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SET Academy Middle.

SET Academy Middle operates from a downtown location. SET Academy Middle operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. SET Academy Middle's enrollment has ticked up 90% since 2018, when it stood at 134 (now 255). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 109.8:1 in 2018 to 54.3:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for SET Academy Middle typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.