Enrollment
119
Elementary
STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHSIDE FAMILY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 270027803617
Southside Family Charter School
4500 CLINTON AVE S, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55419 · (612) 872-8322 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL119 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- CTest 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
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
14 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
57 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 19 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 6 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 9 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 58% larger than its 8th grade class (12).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
29.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Southside Family Charter School
Southside Family Charter School's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Family Charter School this school | 119 | 47.9% | 38.8% |
| Churchill Elementary School ROCHESTER | 192 | 47.9% | N/A |
| Mankato Schools Center for Learning MANKATO | 165 | 46.7% | N/A |
| Spero Academy Brooklyn Park BROOKLYN PARK | 127 | 38.6% | 13.9% |
| FIT Academy APPLE VALLEY | 264 | 42.4% | 38.3% |
| CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SAINT PAUL | 132 | 54.5% | 35.9% |
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 Southside Family Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #554 of 844 | #88 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #686 of 844 | #109 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #391 of 844 | #72 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 119 | #907 of 1,130 | #181 of 206 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #361 of 942 | #85 of 183 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
119
-1 (-1%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 106
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 119 | 14.5 | 8.2:1 | 48% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 115 | 14.9 | 7.7:1 | 53% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 110 | 10.9 | 10.1:1 | 46% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 120 | 9 | 13.3:1 | 51% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 117 | 10.9 | 10.8:1 | 48% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 116 | 11 | 10.6:1 | 48% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 106 | 7 | 15.1:1 | 56% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southside Family Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (117 to 119); teachers up 33% (10.9 to 14.5).
About Southside Family Charter School
Southside Family Charter School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 119 students. The school is 65% below the average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
Southside Family Charter School operates as its own local education agency.
White students account for 45% of enrollment at Southside Family Charter School, more than any other group. Other students are 31% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Hennepin County residents are about 66% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Southside Family Charter School scores 68%.
The school has 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 8.2 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. Of all students at Southside Family Charter School, 48% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Southside Family Charter School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Southside Family Charter School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 38.8% actual, 39.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Minnesota.
In the wider Hennepin County area, the median household earns about $97,653 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Hennepin County, 496 public schools serve about 177,509 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Southside Family Charter School from the closest public school, Field Elementary. The five-mile area around Southside Family Charter School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Southside Family Charter School ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 38.8% versus a 40.7% average.
NCES describes the area around Southside Family Charter School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Southside Family Charter School as a charter school.
Southside Family Charter School had 120 students in 2020-21 and 119 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.3:1 to 8.2:1.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Field Elementary0.2 mi · 287
- Justice Page Middle0.6 mi · 1,020
- Hennepin Schools Lower Campus0.7 mi · 240
- Hennepin Schools Upper Campus0.7 mi · 207
- Washburn High0.7 mi · 1,521
- Stonebridge World School0.8 mi · 240
Frequently asked questions
About Southside Family Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southside Family Charter School?
Southside Family Charter School enrolls approximately 119 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Southside Family Charter School serve?
Southside Family Charter School serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Southside Family Charter School?
Approximately 8.2:1 students per teacher at Southside Family Charter School.
How diverse is Southside Family Charter School?
Southside Family Charter School reports a student body of 45% White, 9% Hispanic, 31% Black, 11% Two or more.
Is Southside Family Charter School public or private?
Southside Family Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Southside Family Charter School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.