Sojourner Truth Academy, Minneapolis MN

Original Research by School Decision on Sojourner Truth Academy

Sojourner Truth Academy is a public charter school in Minneapolis serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. It operates as its own single-school district, meaning it functions independently from the larger Minneapolis Public Schools system. The school is located on Emerson Avenue North in a residential area of the city, and it draws students from across Minneapolis.

Minneapolis is a major urban center, the state's most populous city, and the seat of Hennepin County. It has a dense, gridded urban core with downtown skyscrapers, a historic riverfront, and residential neighborhoods clustered around lakes. The city is a financial, corporate, educational, and cultural hub, home to the University of Minnesota's main campus, major arts institutions, and the headquarters of Target Corporation and General Mills. The local housing market reflects city values at a level below the statewide typical home price but above the national one, and rental costs are moderately sized for the area.

The school's enrollment is modest for its grade span, serving students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The student body is predominantly Black, at a supermajority level, with a substantial Hispanic share and very small numbers of white students and students of two or more races. A very large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a common indicator of low-income household status. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in this profile, so a parent may want to ask the school about those support structures directly.

On state assessments, proficiency rates were low overall. In math, across every tested grade the share of students meeting standards was in the single digits or lower, with the highest rate barely reaching the low double digits in one grade and the weakest at zero. In English language arts, the pattern was similar, with the strongest single-grade rate reaching a modest share and the others in the lower single digits or slightly higher single digits. In science, which is tested at grades five and eight, no tested student met the proficiency standard. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency index placed it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Hennepin County. These are weak results that families weighing this school will want to consider carefully. It is not possible to say from the available data how much of this reflects the school's academic program itself versus the steep challenges that often accompany a student population with a very high concentration of poverty. The school has only one year of state testing data in the present format, so there is no trend to examine.

Because the school ends at eighth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report. Families who enroll here will need to plan for a high school placement after eighth grade within the broader Minneapolis choice landscape of district schools, other charters, or private options.

The district brief did not surface any recent curriculum changes, building referendums, or property tax measures. The school appears to have been operating without major reported structural changes in the recent period covered by the search.

Sojourner Truth Academy offers a choice within Minneapolis for a pre-K through eighth grade education in a charter setting. The student population is heavily low-income and predominantly Black and Hispanic. The state test results show very low proficiency across all subjects and all tested grades, a reality that sits at the core of any family's evaluation of this school. A parent considering this school should visit, ask about instructional strategies and interventions, and talk to current families about their experience.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 314%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 41 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

Grade 412%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 39 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 62%

School 2% · District 2%

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 72%

School 2% · District 2%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 83%

School 3% · District 3%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 39%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 45%

School 5% · District 5%

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

Grade 57%

School 7% · District 7%

▼ 47 pts below state median · ▼ 37 pts below county median

Grade 619%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 713%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 814%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.