Enrollment
119
Minnesota · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Minneapolis, MN
Southside Family Charter School
Federal NCES profile for Southside Family Charter School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 58/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 270027803617Charter school
👥 S:T ratio 52
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 92
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Southside Family Charter School earns 58/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 72% of Minnesota schools. It is also more racially and ethnically mixed than most Minnesota schools.
- #4 of 42
- elementary schools in Minneapolis · Resource Index
- 58
- Resource Index · Higher
- 11.9:1
- small classes for Minnesota
- 40.0%
- free-lunch eligible
Southside Family Charter School has class sizes smaller than 72% of Minnesota schools. Computed live against every Minnesota school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Southside Family Charter School ranks #4 of 42 elementary schools in Minneapolis, MN.
School address
District: Southside Family Charter School · Minnesota
NCES ID 270027803617 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
10.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
11.9:1
vs 15.8:1 Minnesota avg
-25% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
40.0%
vs 42.8% Minnesota avg
-7% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Southside Family Charter School compares with Minnesota and U.S. medians
What stands out at Southside Family Charter School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Southside Family Charter School is neither an extreme outlier in enrollment nor in student-teacher ratio among Minnesota schools. Its profile therefore turns on the other dimensions rather than on scale alone: economic need, counselor coverage, program access, attendance, and district finance. This middle placement is useful because it prevents the campus from being mislabeled as unusually large, small, crowded, or teacher-dense when the federal comparison does not support that claim.
Resource indicators are the standout signal
Southside Family Charter School's economic-need measure is not at a state extreme, while its Resource Investment Index is. The campus outranks most Minnesota schools on the combined reported-resource measure, so the differentiator comes from staffing, counselor access, gifted programming, or attendance rather than from an unusually low-need population alone. The component breakdown identifies which inputs actually produce that placement.
Attendance is a relative strength
3.4% of Southside Family Charter School students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 civil-rights collection. On its face, that is a comparatively low historical rate, though this page does not treat it as a current national benchmark or guarantee current-year performance. Here, attendance is a more distinctive signal than the presence or absence of any single specialist role.
Southside Family Charter School is a mid-sized charter elementary school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, enrolling 119 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 11.9:1 puts it in the smaller third of Minnesota schools by student-teacher ratio.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 40.0% lands close to the Minnesota typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
Enrollment of 119 puts it in the smaller third of Minnesota schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 2,334 scored Minnesota schools.
Among 177 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Minnesota schools statewide, it ranks #19, a top-tier result once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is led by White (45%) and African American (31%), more mixed than most schools in the state (diversity index 68/100).
Attendance holds up well here: only 3.4% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.
Its district draws 16.9% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Southside Family Charter School is a single-school charter district, so Southside Family Charter School operates independently rather than alongside district-mates.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Southside Family Charter School compares
Southside Family Charter School on the metrics families compare, against Minnesota and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Minnesota | Minnesota avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 11.9:1 | ▼ 25% | 15.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 40.0% | ▼ 7% | 42.8% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 119 | top 67% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
11.9:1
Leaner classes than 76% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
119
Bigger than 12% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
40.0%
free-lunch eligible
- 7% below the Minnesota average of 42.8%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
11.9:1
students per teacher
- 25% below state mean
Top 28% in Minnesota - lower ratio than 72% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
3.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$16,488
per pupil, district-wide
- above Minnesota avg of $15,270
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 45.4%
African American 31.1%
Two or More 10.9%
Hispanic or Latino 9.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 3.4%
Largest group: White at 45.4% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 67.6/100
Simpson diversity index - at 67.6, Southside Family Charter School is more mixed than the Minnesota school average of 42.8.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Southside Family Charter School, which includes Southside Family Charter School.
$16,488
Per student
+8%
vs Minnesota
Avg $15,270
-1%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 7.3%
State 75.8%
Federal 16.9%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar elementary schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Minnesota, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~119 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~11.9:1)
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Frequently asked questions about Southside Family Charter School
How many students attend Southside Family Charter School?
Southside Family Charter School has 119 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Minneapolis, MN.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southside Family Charter School?
The student-teacher ratio at Southside Family Charter School is 11.9:1, which is 25% lower than the Minnesota average of 15.8:1 and 24% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Southside Family Charter School?
40.0% of students at Southside Family Charter School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Minnesota average of 42.8%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Southside Family Charter School?
The largest demographic group at Southside Family Charter School is White at 45.4% of enrollment, in Minneapolis, MN. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 67.6/100.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Southside Family Charter School?
Southside Family Charter School has a Resource Investment Index of 58/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
How does Southside Family Charter School rank among elementary schools in Minneapolis?
By Resource Investment Index, Southside Family Charter School ranks #4 of 42 elementary schools in Minneapolis, MN. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all elementary schools in Minneapolis on the city page.
What other schools are in Southside Family Charter School?
None; Southside Family Charter School is a single-school charter district, and Southside Family Charter School is its only campus.
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