Summary:
Schools in the Spero Academy district in Minnesota include two elementary schools serving grades K–6: Spero Academy in Minneapolis and Spero Academy Brooklyn Park, together enrolling 275 students.
Parents comparing Spero Academy and Spero Academy Brooklyn Park will find different strengths. The Minneapolis school stands out in science: all-grade science is 23.5% proficient, close to the state’s 25.5% and above the district’s 18.2%. The Brooklyn Park school stands out in reading: all-grade reading is 27.5%, above the Minneapolis school’s 23.9% and the district’s 25.7%, though still below the state’s 48.6%. Brooklyn Park also has the clearest positive trend, with reading rising from 12.96% in 2024-25 to 27.5% in 2025-26, a gain of 14.54 percentage points, while its rank improved from 828 of 872 to 773 of 869. Minneapolis remains higher ranked overall, at 758 of 869 in 2025-26.
Both schools remain far below Minnesota in math, with Minneapolis at 14.5% and Brooklyn Park at 14.7% versus the state’s 44.9%. Science moved in opposite directions: Minneapolis improved from 15% to 23.5%, while Brooklyn Park fell from 20% to 12.5%. Minneapolis has ranked higher in each reported year and has the lower free/reduced-lunch rate, 31.08% vs. 38.58%, and lower student-teacher ratio, 5.2 vs. 7.4. The district overall is ranked 416 of 458, in the 9th percentile with 0 stars, so even the relative strengths remain below state averages in most subjects.
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