📍 1300 Olson Memorial Hwy, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, 55411
Best Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Minneapolis, Hennepin County. The school has 617 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Best Academy school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 18% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Best Academy enrolls 617 students across grades K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Black or African American, 2.9% Two or more races and 1.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 589 | 95% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 2.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 1.5% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
590 of the school's 617 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 560 qualify for free lunch and 30 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Best Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-50, state senate district 59.
Best Academy is one of 2 schools in BEST ACADEMY, based in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. The district serves 790 students district-wide and employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 617 students, Best Academy is larger than the district average of about 395 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large