Enrollment
148
Elementary
DISTRICT 138 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPERO ACADEMY·NCES 270035204099
Spero Academy
2701 CALIFORNIA ST. NE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55418 · (612) 465-8600 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL148 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
5.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
46 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 | 26 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 13% |
Student demographics
72%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
18.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
13.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 19 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
17.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-31.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 →
Where Spero Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #786 of 844 | #140 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #796 of 844 | #145 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #794 of 844 | #144 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 148 | #857 of 1,130 | #174 of 206 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #666 of 942 | #126 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
148
+13 (+10%) vs 2020
+106% since 2010-11, when it was 72
Student : Teacher
5.3:1
was 5.4:1
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 | 148 | 28 | 5.3:1 | 31% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 145 | 24 | 6.0:1 | 43% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 153 | 26 | 5.9:1 | 44% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 135 | 25 | 5.4:1 | 33% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 108 | 18.5 | 5.8:1 | 48% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 83 | 14 | 5.9:1 | 51% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 72 | 11 | 6.5:1 | 39% (28) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spero Academy.
About Spero Academy
Students in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, attend Spero Academy, a low-enrollment elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 148 students. The school's enrollment is 57% smaller than the 344 average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
Federal records list Spero Academy as its own district.
The most common group at Spero Academy is White students, at 43%. After that, the student body is 27% Black, 13% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Hennepin County, the White share is about 66%. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 5.3:1, with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Spero Academy is 31%. On average, public schools in Hennepin County report 43%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 17.2%, is 31.1 points below the 48.4% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota schools.
Within Hennepin County, the median household income is $97,653, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Hennepin County has 496 public schools and roughly 177,509 students.
Banaadir Elementary is the public school closest to Spero Academy, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Spero Academy at 3rd of 7.
Federal data place Spero Academy in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
The school enrolled 148 students in 2024-25, 13 more than the 135 it had in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Spero Academy. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Related schools
Other schools in MINNEAPOLIS
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Nearby schools
- Banaadir Elementary0.7 mi · 149
- Cityview Elementary0.8 mi · 239
- Menlo Park Academy0.8 mi · 45
- Menlo Park Academy Extended0.8 mi · 3
- Edison High1.0 mi · 865
- New City School1.0 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About Spero AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Spero Academy?
Spero Academy enrolls approximately 148 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Spero Academy serve?
Spero Academy serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Spero Academy?
Approximately 5.3:1 students per teacher at Spero Academy.
How diverse is Spero Academy?
Spero Academy reports a student body of 43% White, 13% Hispanic, 27% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Spero Academy public or private?
Spero Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Spero Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.