About Friendship Academy of the Arts
Friendship Academy of the Arts is a public school system serving Hennepin County, Minnesota, based in Minneapolis. It serves 211 students across 2 schools spanning K–8, and is classified as a city: large district. By enrollment it is the #409 largest of Minnesota’s 535 school systems.
Size and structure
Friendship Academy of the Arts enrolls 211 students in 2 schools — an average of about 106 students per school. It serves grades K–8 and ranks #409 of 535 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Friendship Academy of the Arts, from the NCES Common Core of Data (211 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Friendship Academy of the Arts employs about 7 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 29.5:1 — above the Minnesota average of about 15.0:1. Total district staff is roughly 50.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Minnesota funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Friendship Academy of the Arts are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Minnesota’s accountability system, North Star, is published through the Minnesota Report Card, covering achievement, growth, graduation, progress toward English-language proficiency and consistent attendance rather than a single A–F grade. Look up Friendship Academy of the Arts on the Minnesota Report Card.
Accreditation status
Minnesota has no state accreditation requirement for public districts; where districts pursue voluntary accreditation they generally work with Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor. Look up Friendship Academy of the Arts in the free Cognia registry.
Friendship Academy of the Arts vs. Minnesota
See every Minnesota district side by side in the Minnesota directory.
Look up Friendship Academy of the Arts’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):