📍 1700 305th Ave Ne, Cambridge, Isanti County, 55040
Brookside Academy is a Special Education serving other age pupils, located in Cambridge, Isanti County. The school has 29 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist school district. It serves grades K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 3.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.6:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Brookside Academy enrolls 29 students across grades K–12. The student body is 86% male and 14% female. A teaching staff of 3.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White, 10% Hispanic or Latino and 6.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 22 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 10% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 6.9% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 6.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
22 of the school's 29 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 19 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Brookside Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-80, state senate district 32.
Brookside Academy is one of 17 schools in Cambridge-Isanti Public School Dist, based in CAMBRIDGE, Minnesota. The district serves 5,007 students district-wide and employs 282 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 29 students, Brookside Academy is smaller than the district average of about 295 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe