Sojourner Truth Academy

Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 8 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sojourner Truth Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota enrolled 383 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 10-14% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 6-9% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Minnesota: 51.1% and 45.5%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment rose 31% from 2022-23 to 2024-25

293 students in 2022-23, 354 students in 2023-24, 383 students in 2024-25.

Students enrolled at Sojourner Truth Academy by school year2022-23: 293, 2023-24: 354, 2024-25: 38301002003004002022-232932023-243542024-25383
Students enrolled at Sojourner Truth Academy by school year2022-23: 293, 2023-24: 354, 2024-25: 38301002003004002022-232932023-243542024-25383
Students enrolled at Sojourner Truth Academy by school year2022-23: 293, 2023-24: 354, 2024-25: 38301002003004002022-232932023-243542024-25383
Students enrolled at Sojourner Truth Academy by school year2022-23: 293, 2023-24: 354, 2024-25: 38301002003004002022-232932023-243542024-25383
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2329326.611.0
2023-2435422.715.6
2024-25383not reportednot reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25.

Programs and staff in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Sojourner Truth Academy enrolled 270 students and reported no counselor; it reported 66 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)0.0
  • Out-of-school suspensions66
  • Chronically absent59.7% (2022-23)

Who attends

70.5% of students were Black, 23.5% Hispanic, 3.1% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. Black70.5%
  2. Hispanic23.5%
  3. Two or more races3.1%
  4. White1.8%
  5. Asian1.0%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Sojourner Truth Academy scored proficient or above: 10-14% in reading in 2021-22 and 6-9% in math in 2022-23, against 51.1% in reading in 2021-22 and 45.5% in math in 2022-23 across Minnesota. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Minnesota, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtMinnesota
Reading and language arts, 2021-2210‑14%10‑14%51.1%
Math, 2022-236‑9%10‑14% (2021-22)45.5%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Elementary schools in Minneapolis

72 public elementary schools in Minneapolis report 2024-25 enrollment.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Yinghua Academy85113.512.8%
Sullivan Elementary64010.480.6%
Twin Cities International Schools59515.197.1%
Green Central Elementary59413.348.1%
Seward Elementary57612.143.8%
Early Childhood Special Education57311.148.5%
Ella Baker Elementary5129.474.4%
Best Academy50815.389.6%

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Sojourner Truth Academy

  1. Cityview ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 0.8 miles away: 239 students, 10.2 per teacher (2024-25).0.8 mi
  2. Lucy Laney ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 0.9 miles away: 386 students, 10.2 per teacher (2024-25).0.9 mi
  3. Compare Sojourner Truth Academy with Cityview ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Sojourner Truth Academy spends per student$22,560 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$22,560
  5. The largest public schools in MinnesotaSojourner Truth Academy is the number 515 by size of 994 Minnesota elementary schools open in 2024-25.#515 of 994
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Sojourner Truth Academy

  1. How many students attend Sojourner Truth Academy?
    383 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 293 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Minneapolis, MN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Sojourner Truth Academy?
    11.0 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Sojourner Truth Academy a Title I school?
    Sojourner Truth Academy ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Sojourner Truth Academy do on state tests?
    The students tested at Sojourner Truth Academy scored proficient or above: 10-14% in reading in 2021-22 and 6-9% in math in 2022-23, against 51.1% in reading in 2021-22 and 45.5% in math in 2022-23 across Minnesota. Minnesota's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Sojourner Truth Academy in?
    Sojourner Truth Academy, NCES district ID 2700159. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 270015902954 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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