South Education Center Academy

Located at 7450 PENN AVE S, in RICHFIELD, Minnesota, South Education Center Academy is a rural-scale four-year high school that works with 48 students (grades 5 through 12), one of the schools within Intermediate School District 287. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so South Education Center Academy sits 87% below that benchmark.

Intermediate School District 287 runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 927 students. South Education Center Academy is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, South Education Center Academy reports that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 27% Black, 13% White, 13% multiracial, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, South Education Center Academy has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting South Education Center Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), South Education Center Academy is one campus in the mix.

SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Education Center Academy has shrank 51%, going from 98 students in 2018 to 48 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 24% to 13% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 in 2025.

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