Star of the North - Coon Rapids

Star of the North - Coon Rapids operates as a minimally staffed elementary campus in COON RAPIDS, Minnesota, one of the schools within Star of the North Academy Charter S. Current enrollment sits at 120 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 65% 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 - Coon Rapids accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Star of the North - Coon Rapids records that 68% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest reads as 17% White, 13% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 57.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Anoka County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Anoka County put median household earnings sit near $101,869, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Star of the North - Coon Rapids is one of 145 public schools in Anoka County (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students).

Anoka-Hennepin Regional High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. Star of the North - Coon Rapids is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.