Enrollment
383
Elementary
STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOJOURNER TRUTH ACADEMY·NCES 270015902954
Sojourner Truth Academy
3820 EMERSON AVE N, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55412 · (612) 588-3599 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
352 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
11.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
5.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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
7.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
383
+4 (+1%) vs 2017
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
24%
was 22%
% Black
71%
was 73%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Sojourner Truth Academy
Sojourner Truth Academy is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, one of the schools within Sojourner Truth Academy, instructing 383 students in grades pre-K through 8.
Sojourner Truth Academy is the operating authority for Sojourner Truth Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
In terms of who attends, Sojourner Truth Academy logs that Black students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.
On the resource side, Roughly 92% of students at Sojourner Truth Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Sojourner Truth Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.7%, the actual is 7.8%, a residual of -7.8 points.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put 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%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Sojourner Truth Academy is one.
Nearest neighbor: Cityview Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sojourner Truth Academy. On composite proficiency, Sojourner Truth Academy comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 14.0%.
The campus sits in an urban setting. Sojourner Truth Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sojourner Truth Academy has changed only slightly, going from 379 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 MINNEAPOLIS
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Nearby schools
- Cityview Elementary0.8 mi · 239
- Camden High0.9 mi · 783
- Lucy Laney Elementary0.9 mi · 386
- Hmong International Elementary1.0 mi · 258
- Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary1.2 mi · 304
- Loring Elementary1.2 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Sojourner Truth AcademyHow many students attend Sojourner Truth Academy?
Sojourner Truth Academy enrolls approximately 383 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Sojourner Truth Academy serve?
Sojourner Truth Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student diversity at Sojourner Truth Academy?
Student demographics at Sojourner Truth Academy are roughly 2% White, 24% Hispanic, 71% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sojourner Truth Academy?
Sojourner Truth Academy is overseen by Sojourner Truth Academy in Hennepin County.
What county does Sojourner Truth Academy serve?
Sojourner Truth Academy serves Hennepin County in MN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.