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Hiawatha Leadership Acdy-Northrop

Public, Charter Grades K-5

845^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 869 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Hiawatha Leadership Acdy-Northrop is a K–5 charter elementary school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving 404 students as part of the Hiawatha Academies district, which itself ranks 433rd of 458 Minnesota districts (5th percentile, 0 stars). The school's state ranking has stayed in the bottom 1–3 percentile in recent years: 845th of 869 (3rd percentile) in 2025–2026, 856th of 872 in 2024–2025, and 874th of 881 in 2023–2024. Earlier years were somewhat better, around the 8th percentile in 2017–2018 and 2018–2019.

Proficiency rates are far below both state and nearby averages. In 2025–2026, 6.4% of students were proficient in math, 12% in reading, and 8.2% in science, compared with state averages of 44.9% math, 48.6% reading, and 25.5% science. Nearby Field Elementary (73.9% math, 71.9% reading) and Northrop Elementary (67% math, 71.6% reading) scored dramatically higher, and Lake Nokomis Keewaydin Elementary reached 51.2% math and 59.6% reading, while Bancroft Elementary was near state averages. Only Folwell Elementary (13.6% math, 11.5% reading) was similarly low. About 90% of Hiawatha students qualify for free or reduced lunch — far more than most neighbors — but Hennepin Schools Lower Campus, only 0.4 miles away, serves an even higher-poverty population and still reached 39.5% math and 35.8% reading. Most nearby schools belong to the Minneapolis Public School District, where proficiency was 37.1% math and 41.8% reading in 2025–2026.

Reading has improved, rising from 4.52% in 2023–2024 to 12% in 2025–2026, but math fell from 14.56% to 6.4% over the same period. Grade-level results vary widely: 5th-grade reading was highest at 23%, while 3rd-grade reading was only 2.4%, and math ranged from 3.4% in 5th grade to 10.3% in 4th grade. Most student groups rank in the bottom few percentiles statewide, though homeless students ranked 1st of 10 (90th percentile, 5 stars) — a bright spot, but based on only 10 students, so interpret it cautiously.

404

Students ?

13.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,140

Per pupil spending ?

89.9%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in Minnesota receive free school meals.

1611 E 46th St
Minneapolis, MN 55407-8888

(612) 455-4004

District: Hiawatha Academies

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

91.6%

African American:

6.7%

Two or more races:

0.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 8th percentile in 2018 → 3rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (9% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2018

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school9%

District avg11%

Minnesota avg43%

845^th of 869

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 5 pts since 2018

From bottom 8% (2018) to bottom 3% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

433^rd of 458Hiawatha Academies among Minnesota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	4.4	845 of 869	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	3.2	856 of 872	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.3	874 of 881	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.2	839 of 845	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	2.8	843 of 858	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	2.5	860 of 869	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.7	802 of 870	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.0	783 of 847	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	18.8	293 of 305	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	27.3	244 of 303	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.6	280 of 303	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.3	256 of 276	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.9	230 of 256	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.3	142 of 175	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.0	165 of 239	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.4	132 of 242	45.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	5.6	762 of 790	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	4.6	778 of 799	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.6	802 of 809	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.7	779 of 787	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	2.7	788 of 799	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	2.3	777 of 783	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.4	720 of 787	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.3	719 of 774	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	17.4	230 of 256	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.2	210 of 238	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.4	235 of 249	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.1	204 of 214	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.4	199 of 209	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.3	144 of 153	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	32.4	160 of 219	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.9	160 of 220	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	59.8	1 of 10	90.0%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	9.4	732 of 764	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	7.1	741 of 764	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.6	785 of 793	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.3	754 of 774	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.4	639 of 663	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.8	662 of 683	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	655 of 740	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.1	618 of 728	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	4.4	786 of 807	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	2.5	801 of 812	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.3	817 of 826	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.2	790 of 799	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.1	793 of 808	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	2.7	768 of 784	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.7	755 of 798	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.3	720 of 779	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	9.8	573 of 579	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.4	546 of 562	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.1	553 of 572	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.8	488 of 500	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.7	475 of 515	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2026)90th percentile+87 vs school

Hispanic (2026)10th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)4th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2026)4th percentile~ school

Female (2026)4th percentile~ school

Male (2026)3rd percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Minnesota (2025-2026) ?

Reading12%-37 vs state

Science8%-17 vs state

Math6%-39 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)				MCA-IV Science (2026)		MCA-III Math (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Hiawatha Leadership Acdy-Northrop	Public, Charter	K-5	1611 E 46th St	Minneapolis	55407	Hennepin County	Hiawatha Academies	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 455-4004	404	29	13.8	89.9%	2 (0.5%)	27 (6.7%)	370 (91.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	4.4	845^th of 869 public elementary schools	2.8%		3.2	856^th of 872 public elementary schools	1.8%	11	2.4	10.3	23.0	12.0	8.2	8.2	6.0	10.3	3.4	6.4	$17,140
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus	Public, Charter	K-4	1001 E 46th St	Minneapolis	55407	Hennepin County	Hennepin Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 843-5050	240	24	10.2	95.4%	0 (0.0%)	182 (75.8%)	42 (17.5%)	16 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.9	654^th of 869 public elementary schools	24.7%		16	745^th of 872 public elementary schools	14.6%	91	35.3	36.2		35.8			35.3	42.6		39.5	$17,221
Field Elementary	Public	3-5	4645 Fourth Ave S	Minneapolis	55419	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-3640	287	20	14.6	17.4%	225 (78.4%)	8 (2.8%)	21 (7.3%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (9.4%)	91.3	37^th of 869 public elementary schools	95.7%		91.4	34^th of 872 public elementary schools	96.1%	3	69.9	68.8	78.4	71.9	53.9	53.9	77.9	79.5	61.8	73.9
Hale Elementary	Public	K-2	5330 13th Ave South	Minneapolis	55417	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-3760	326	20	16.5	17.2%	255 (78.2%)	20 (6.1%)	19 (5.8%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.0%)								(n/a)											$11,836
Bancroft Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3829 13th Ave South	Minneapolis	55407	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 668-3550	477	36	13.2	56.4%	208 (43.6%)	67 (14.0%)	140 (29.4%)	13 (2.7%)	11 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.0%)	46.5	503^rd of 869 public elementary schools	42.1%		42.7	543^rd of 872 public elementary schools	37.7%	40	42.9	47.1	44.0	44.6	26.2	26.2	51.4	53.6	31.0	44.4	$17,079
Southside Family Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	4500 Clinton Ave S	Minneapolis	55419	Hennepin County	Southside Family Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 872-8322	119	14	8.2	47.9%	54 (45.4%)	37 (31.1%)	11 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.4%)	13 (10.9%)								(n/a)				36.4						27.3	$13,946
Northrop Elementary	Public	K-5	4315 31st Ave S	Minneapolis	55406	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-4520	381	23	16.5	16.5%	288 (75.6%)	20 (5.2%)	35 (9.2%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (8.4%)	83.3	113^th of 869 public elementary schools	87.0%		86.8	76^th of 872 public elementary schools	91.3%	37	64.3	74.3	76.7	71.6	30.0	30.0	69.0	78.7	50.0	67.0	$11,947
Folwell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3611 20th Ave S	Minneapolis	55407	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-4550	450	40	11.2	89.8%	46 (10.2%)	103 (22.9%)	214 (47.6%)	5 (1.1%)	51 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.9%)	5.2	838^th of 869 public elementary schools	3.6%		3.2	855^th of 872 public elementary schools	1.9%	17	9.7	6.1	20.5	11.5	8.7	8.7	15.7	11.6	12.2	13.6
Lake Nokomis Keewaydin Elementary	Public	2-5	5209 30th Ave South	Minneapolis	55417	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-4670	349	21	16.3	33.5%	215 (61.6%)	34 (9.7%)	48 (13.8%)	8 (2.3%)	9 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (10.0%)	66.4	288^th of 869 public elementary schools	66.9%		54.1	433^rd of 872 public elementary schools	50.3%	145	58.6	58.0	62.2	59.6	30.5	30.5	58.1	55.6	40.2	51.2
Lake Nokomis Wenonah Elementary	Public	K-1	5625 23rd Ave S	Minneapolis	55417	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-5040	152	13	11.7	33.6%	94 (61.8%)	15 (9.9%)	17 (11.2%)	2 (1.3%)	4 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (13.2%)								(n/a)											$15,257

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In the 2024-25 school year, 404 students attended Hiawatha Leadership Acdy-Northrop.

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Hiawatha Leadership Acdy-Northrop ranks in the bottom 2.8% of Minnesota elementary schools.

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Students at Hiawatha Leadership Acdy-Northrop are 92% Hispanic, 7% African American.

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