Summary:
Star of the North Academy Charter S is a small Minnesota charter district with just two elementary schools, both serving grades K–8: Star of the North - East Bethel (224 students) and Star of the North - Coon Rapids (120 students). Both campuses serve populations with near-universal economic disadvantage — free/reduced lunch is 98.21% at East Bethel and 99.17% at Coon Rapids. The district ranks 339 of 458 in Minnesota, at the 26th percentile with 1 star, and both schools carry that same 1-star rating.
Coon Rapids has the stronger overall profile. It ranks 626 of 869 Minnesota schools (28th percentile) versus 693 of 869 (20th percentile) for East Bethel — a 67-spot and 8-percentile-point edge. Coon Rapids leads in all-grade math (29.4% vs 22.5%) and science (16.3% vs 11.1%), and it beats the district in both subjects. East Bethel holds a slim lead in reading (39.2% vs 38.4%), just above the district's 38.8%. Neither school reaches the state average in any all-grade subject; reading shows the smallest gap and science the largest.
Grade-level patterns differ sharply. Coon Rapids wins five of six grade-level math comparisons and posts the dataset's highest single score, 47.6% in 4th-grade math, plus 20% in 5th-grade science. East Bethel wins four of six reading comparisons and has real bright spots in 8th grade, where reading is 54.5% and science 18.2% — both above state. But East Bethel's math slides from 37% in 3rd grade to 9.1% in 8th. Coon Rapids reports a student/teacher ratio of 57.1; East Bethel's is not reported. With small cohorts, single-grade percentages can swing widely and should be read cautiously. Both schools remain in the bottom third of Minnesota schools.
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