Spero Academy Brooklyn Park

As a micro-enrollment elementary school in BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota, Spero Academy Brooklyn Park teaches 127 students from grades K through 5, run under Spero Academy. Enrollment runs roughly 63% smaller than the state mean of about 344.

Within Spero Academy, which oversees 2 schools and 275 students, Spero Academy Brooklyn Park is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Spero Academy Brooklyn Park records that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Black, 17% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Spero Academy Brooklyn Park falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.3%; this one comes in at 13.9%, -30.4 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Hennepin County reports that median household income runs about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Spero Academy Brooklyn Park is one.

Monroe Elementary School - MSE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Spero Academy Brooklyn Park. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spero Academy Brooklyn Park ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 23.8%.

Spero Academy Brooklyn Park operates from a residential location. As a public charter, Spero Academy Brooklyn Park runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.