Star of the North - East Bethel

Set in EAST BETHEL, Minnesota, Star of the North - East Bethel is a close-knit primary school, part of Star of the North Academy Charter S. It hosts 224 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 35% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Across the 2 schools in Star of the North Academy Charter S (344 students total), Star of the North - East Bethel accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Star of the North - East Bethel reports that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 26% White, 13% Asian. By comparison, Anoka County as a whole is about 9% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Roughly 98% of students at Star of the North - East Bethel qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Anoka County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Star of the North - East Bethel ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 12.3%; Star of the North - East Bethel posts 28.5%, +16.2 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Anoka County put the typical household earns roughly $101,869 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Anoka County's 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), Star of the North - East Bethel is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Crossroads East, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Star of the North - East Bethel. On composite proficiency, Star of the North - East Bethel comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.9%.

Star of the North - East Bethel operates from a small-town location. Star of the North - East Bethel is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Star of the North - East Bethel's enrollment has grew 65% since 2018, when it stood at 136 (now 224). Black enrollment moved from 49% to 60% across the same window.

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