Venture Academy High School

Venture Academy High School is a secondary school of low-enrollment scale in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, part of Venture Academy, hosting 199 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Venture Academy High School sits 46% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Venture Academy (289 students total), Venture Academy High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Venture Academy High School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% Black, 14% Native American, 7% multiracial, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at school resources, Venture Academy High School lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Venture Academy High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 11.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household earnings sit near $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), Venture Academy High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pratt Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Venture Academy High School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Venture Academy High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.6%.

The school occupies an urban site. Venture Academy High School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Venture Academy High School's enrollment has decreased 34% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 199). White enrollment moved from 7% to 3% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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