Venture Academy Middle School

Located at 3800 PLEASANT AVE, in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Venture Academy Middle School is a micro-enrollment middle school that instructs 90 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Venture Academy. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so Venture Academy Middle School sits 82% below that benchmark.

Within Venture Academy, which oversees 2 schools and 289 students, Venture Academy Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Venture Academy Middle School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 30% Black, 8% Native American, 3% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, Venture Academy Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 11.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 3.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Hennepin County shows median household income runs about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Venture Academy Middle School is one.

Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Venture Academy Middle School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 33.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Venture Academy Middle School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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