YINGHUA ACADEMY

YINGHUA ACADEMY is a K-5 school of high-enrollment scale in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, operated by YINGHUA ACADEMY, serveing 851 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so YINGHUA ACADEMY sits 147% larger than that benchmark.

YINGHUA ACADEMY is a school of YINGHUA ACADEMY, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, YINGHUA ACADEMY records that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 25% Asian, 24% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), YINGHUA ACADEMY sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.2%; actual is 72.2%, +16.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hennepin County shows median household earnings sit near $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which YINGHUA ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pillsbury Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YINGHUA ACADEMY at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 22.8%.

YINGHUA ACADEMY operates from an urban location. As a public charter, YINGHUA ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YINGHUA ACADEMY has ticked up 4%, going from 816 students in 2018 to 851 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 52% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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