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Enrollment
851
Elementary
STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YINGHUA ACADEMY·NCES 270028103611
YINGHUA ACADEMY
1616 BUCHANAN ST NE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55413 · (612) 788-9095 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL851 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
63 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
141 students
STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 26% larger than its 8th grade class (85).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
72.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
84.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like YINGHUA ACADEMY
YINGHUA ACADEMY's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YINGHUA ACADEMY this school | 851 | 16.6% | 72.2% |
| LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY WOODBURY | 801 | 16.5% | 71.3% |
| PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH | 678 | 11.4% | 72.8% |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary School PLYMOUTH | 762 | 12.5% | 71.9% |
| Valley Crossing Elementary WOODBURY | 734 | 12.5% | 73.0% |
| KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH | 534 | 14.0% | 70.8% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where YINGHUA ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #23 of 844 | #15 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #7 of 844 | #5 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #37 of 844 | #23 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 851 | #24 of 1,130 | #6 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #367 of 769 | #70 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #82 of 796 | #27 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #876 of 942 | #155 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #176 of 244 | #35 of 50 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
851
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+128% since 2010-11, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 851 | 63.1 | 13.5:1 | 17% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 838 | 52.1 | 16.1:1 | 18% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 822 | 51.4 | 16.0:1 | 19% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 852 | 56 | 15.2:1 | 8% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 816 | 48.5 | 16.8:1 | 10% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 42 | 17.9:1 | 13% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 23 | 16.3:1 | 6% (23) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YINGHUA ACADEMY.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (816 to 851); teachers up 30% (48.5 to 63.1).
About YINGHUA ACADEMY
YINGHUA ACADEMY is a public large elementary school in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. The school's enrollment of 851 students covers kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 147% higher than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota, which is about 344.
In federal data, the district for YINGHUA ACADEMY is the school itself.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at YINGHUA ACADEMY is White (38%). Other groups make up 25% Asian, 24% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 6% Black. Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school's share is lower. YINGHUA ACADEMY has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
YINGHUA ACADEMY employs 63.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.5:1. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is about 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 17% in 2024-25. Public schools in Hennepin County average 43%.
YINGHUA ACADEMY is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
YINGHUA ACADEMY outperforms its prediction by 16.1 points. The model expects 56.2% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Minnesota; the school's rate is 72.2%.
Hennepin County has about 1,269,496 residents, and median household income is about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Hennepin County number 496 and enroll about 177,509.
The closest public school, Pillsbury Elementary, is about 0.5 miles from YINGHUA ACADEMY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, YINGHUA ACADEMY is 1st of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). YINGHUA ACADEMY is run as a public charter school.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 851, close to the 852 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.5:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MINNEAPOLIS
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Nearby schools
- Pillsbury Elementary0.5 mi · 439
- Edison High0.7 mi · 865
- VOA High0.9 mi · 75
- New City School0.9 mi · 351
- MPS Metro HA1.1 mi · 35
- Webster Elementary1.1 mi · 276
Frequently asked questions
About YINGHUA ACADEMYHow large is YINGHUA ACADEMY?
YINGHUA ACADEMY enrolls approximately 851 students in grades KG-08.
Is YINGHUA ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
YINGHUA ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at YINGHUA ACADEMY?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at YINGHUA ACADEMY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at YINGHUA ACADEMY?
At YINGHUA ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 38% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 25% Asian, 24% Two or more.
Is YINGHUA ACADEMY public or private?
YINGHUA ACADEMY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by YINGHUA ACADEMY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.