Summary:
Sage Academy Charter School is the sole high school serving grades 9-12 in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, with a total enrollment of 61 students. The school faces significant challenges, including low academic performance, high dropout rates, and a diverse student population with high levels of economic disadvantage.
Academically, Sage Academy Charter School struggles, with proficiency rates in Math, Reading, and Science well below the state averages. In 2023-2024, only 7.69% of 11th-grade students and 7.69% of all students were proficient or better in MCA-III Math, compared to the state average of 34.99% for 11th-grade and 45.47% for all grades. Similarly, the school's 33.33% proficiency rate in MCA-III Reading for 10th-grade and all students is lower than the state averages of 52.22% and 49.85%, respectively. In Science, Sage Academy Charter School's 14.29% proficiency rate is significantly below the state's 43.47% for end-of-course and 39.56% for all grades.
The school's struggles extend beyond academics, with a concerning 38.8% four-year graduation rate and a high 16.6% dropout rate, both significantly worse than the state averages. Additionally, 60.66% of Sage Academy Charter School's students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 5.3 to 1, this small size may present its own challenges in terms of resource allocation and course offerings.
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