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Minneapolis, Minnesota - 9 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch #145 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,827 per pupil, Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch ranks #361 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,879
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$12,827
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch operates 9 public schools serving 4,879 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 4 elementary, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hennepin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,827 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.2% local, 87.3% state, and 12.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 57/100, ranked #145 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 210.9:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 30.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.0% African American, 36.2% White, 10.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mts High School, with a diversity index of 69.1/100.
Its largest campus is Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12, enrolling 3,536 students (62% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mts Pease Academy, at 22 students, a 161x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12 accounts for 62.0% of all Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch a distant remainder — means Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch school enrollment varies 161× across entities
Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch school enrollment ranges from 22 students (lowest) to 3,536 students (highest), a spread of 3,514 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 74.9% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch student-counselor ratio is 211:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch chronic absenteeism rate is 30.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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