Summary:
Sojourner Truth Academy is the sole elementary school located in this area, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 354 students. The school faces significant academic and socioeconomic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10-15% of Sojourner Truth Academy has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Minnesota elementary schools over the past 3 school years, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
The school's proficiency rates on the MCA-III math and reading assessments are significantly below the state averages across all grade levels, ranging from 0% to 13.95% in math and 5.41% to 18.6% in reading, compared to state averages of 40-58% and 45-57% respectively. Science proficiency rates are also very low, ranging from 3.33% to 6.06% compared to the state average of 30-45%. This indicates a need for significant interventions and support to improve student learning outcomes.
Despite the school's academic challenges, it does have a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 15.5 to 1, which is better than the state average. However, the school also has an extremely high percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, at 92.66%, indicating a high-poverty student population that may require targeted resources and support services to address the additional barriers to academic success.
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