About Venture Academy
Venture Academy is a public school system serving Hennepin County, Minnesota, based in Minneapolis. It serves 289 students across 3 schools spanning 6–12, and is classified as a city: large district. By enrollment it is the #373 largest of Minnesota’s 535 school systems.
Size and structure
Venture Academy enrolls 289 students in 3 schools — an average of about 96 students per school. It serves grades 6–12 and ranks #373 of 535 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Venture Academy, from the NCES Common Core of Data (289 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
Venture Academy employs about 35 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 8.3:1 — below the Minnesota average of about 15.0:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 83.
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 Venture Academy 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 Venture Academy 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 Venture Academy in the free Cognia registry.
Venture Academy vs. Minnesota
See every Minnesota district side by side in the Minnesota directory.
Look up Venture Academy’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):