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Sojourner Truth Academy


At a glance
454thof 458 Minnesota districts▼ 11
Better than 0% of Minnesota districts
Elementary 1Grades PK, KG-8
3820 Emerson Ave N
Minneapolis, MN 55412-2039
·(612) 588-3599·All Minnesota district rankings →
Statewide performance 2018–2026
2026: better than 0.9% of districts
1
School
383
Students
Top rankedSojourner Truth Academy858th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools
Summary:

Schools in the Sojourner Truth Academy area consist of one PK–8 elementary school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving 383 students at 3820 Emerson Ave N; that school is Sojourner Truth Academy, and it is also the only school in its district, Sojourner Truth Academy. The school ranks 454 out of 458 districts (1st percentile, 0 stars). Its recent school ranks are 858 of 869 in 2025–26, 860 of 872 in 2024–25, and 850 of 881 in 2023–24; it had 0 stars each year and reached the 4th percentile in 2023–24. In 2024–25, 91.91% of students received free/reduced lunch. The student-teacher ratio is not reported.

Proficiency is low across all subjects. In 2025–26, all-grade proficiency was 7% in Math, 9.9% in Reading, and 1.1% in Science, compared with state averages of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%. In 2024–25, Math was 5.76%, Reading 11.49%, and Science 0%. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Math rose about 1.24 percentage points, Reading fell about 1.59 points, and Science rose to 1.1%. Science is the weakest subject in absolute terms. The school’s highest 2025–26 grade-level results were still below state averages: 3rd-grade Math 20.5% vs. 57.9%, 8th-grade Reading 14% vs. 50%, and 8th-grade Science 2.4% vs. 16.7%. The lowest included 5th-grade Math 0%, 5th-grade Science 0%, 6th-grade Reading 3.6%, 6th-grade Math 3.6%, 8th-grade Science 2.4%, and 8th-grade Math 4.7%.

Grade-level gaps are especially large in middle-grade Reading and 4th-grade Math. Sixth-grade Reading was 3.6% versus 53.4% statewide, a gap of -49.8 percentage points, while 4th-grade Math was 7% versus 55.2%, a gap of -48.2 points. Fifth-grade Reading trailed the state by -43.6 points. For parents, the main takeaway is that this school serves a high-poverty population and shows broad, severe underperformance in Math, Reading, and Science, with minimal year-over-year movement and no subject or grade performing near state averages.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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