STEP Academy Kg-5th - Burnsville

As a compact K-5 school in BURNSVILLE, Minnesota, STEP Academy Kg-5th - Burnsville educates 171 students from grades K through 5, run under STEP Academy. That puts it 50% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

STEP Academy Kg-5th - Burnsville is one of 4 schools operated by STEP Academy, a district that serves 847 students overall.

Looking at the student body, STEP Academy Kg-5th - Burnsville records that 99% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at STEP Academy Kg-5th - Burnsville qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dakota County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, STEP Academy Kg-5th - Burnsville sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 11.9%; this one delivers 21.9%.

Around the school, census data for Dakota County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,318 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. STEP Academy Kg-5th - Burnsville is one of 170 public schools in Dakota County (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students).

STEP Academy 6-12 - Burnsville is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around STEP Academy Kg-5th - Burnsville. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STEP Academy Kg-5th - Burnsville at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.9%.

STEP Academy Kg-5th - Burnsville operates from a metropolitan location. STEP Academy Kg-5th - Burnsville is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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