Spero Academy

Spero Academy is a compact elementary-level community in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, overseen by Spero Academy. The school instructs 148 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 57% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Spero Academy records that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 27% Black, 13% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Spero Academy reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Spero Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 31% of students are eligible 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 below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Spero Academy is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.4%; Spero Academy posts 17.2%, -31.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Hennepin County shows median household earnings sit near $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Spero Academy is one.

Banaadir Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spero Academy ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 18.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site. Spero Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spero Academy has edged up 37%, going from 108 students in 2018 to 148 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 56% to 43% over that span.

On this page, members of the Spero Academy community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.