Enrollment
127
Elementary
DISTRICT 138 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPERO ACADEMY·NCES 270035205539
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park
7444 HUMBOLDT AVE, BROOKLYN PARK, MN 55444 · (612) 465-8611 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL127 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% 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.
- FBeats 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
7.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
49 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 20 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
13.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
13.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-30.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Spero Academy Brooklyn Park
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spero Academy Brooklyn Park this school | 127 | 38.6% | 13.9% |
| Spero Academy MINNEAPOLIS | 148 | 31.1% | 17.2% |
| Discovery Charter Elementary School INVER GROVE HEIGHTS | 166 | 39.8% | 39.4% |
| Southside Family Charter School MINNEAPOLIS | 119 | 47.9% | 38.8% |
| Hoover Elementary School ROCHESTER | 228 | 42.1% | 39.4% |
| Churchill Elementary School ROCHESTER | 192 | 47.9% | 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 Spero Academy Brooklyn Park ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #799 of 844 | #145 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #797 of 844 | #146 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #819 of 844 | #155 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 127 | #893 of 1,130 | #179 of 206 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #533 of 942 | #106 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 127 | 17 | 7.5:1 | 39% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 84 | 15 | 5.6:1 | 42% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 52 | 7.5 | 6.9:1 | 56% (29) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spero Academy Brooklyn Park.
About Spero Academy Brooklyn Park
Located in BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota, Spero Academy Brooklyn Park is a very small elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 127 students. That puts enrollment 63% below the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park falls under Spero Academy, which has 2 schools enrolling 275 students.
The largest group at Spero Academy Brooklyn Park is White students, at 46%. The remaining students are 28% Black, 17% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Hennepin County is about 66% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Spero Academy Brooklyn Park scores 68%.
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.5:1. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 6.2 students per teacher. At Spero Academy Brooklyn Park, 39% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, Spero Academy Brooklyn Park outscored 1%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
In Minnesota, Spero Academy Brooklyn Park is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 13.9% compared with a predicted 44.3%.
For the population of Hennepin County, the median household earns about $97,653 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Spero Academy Brooklyn Park shares Hennepin County with 495 other public schools.
Monroe Elementary School - MSE sits about 0.4 miles from Spero Academy Brooklyn Park. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 23.8%, higher than Spero Academy Brooklyn Park's 13.9%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Spero Academy Brooklyn Park is run as a public charter school.
This page collects posts and questions about Spero Academy Brooklyn Park, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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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Frequently asked questions
About Spero Academy Brooklyn ParkHow many students attend Spero Academy Brooklyn Park?
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park enrolls approximately 127 students in grades KG-05.
Is Spero Academy Brooklyn Park an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Spero Academy Brooklyn Park have?
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Spero Academy Brooklyn Park?
Student demographics at Spero Academy Brooklyn Park are roughly 46% White, 17% Hispanic, 28% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Spero Academy Brooklyn Park public or private?
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Spero Academy.
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