About Us


Individualized Compassionate Learning – Year Round

Spero Academy is a  public K-6 elementary charter school with locations in Northeast Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Spero Academy provides individualized educational programs designed to benefit students with disabilities and meets their unique needs through continuous progress and a responsive environment, which maintain a high standard of academic and personal excellence and cultivate a sense of respect, responsibility and community.

In session 11 months out of the year and averaging a 1:4 educator/student ratio, Spero Academy’s mission is to provide individualized educational programs designed to benefit students with various disabilities.

Our mission is to provide students with a personalized and adaptive education to grow academically, emotionally, and socially. 

We Believe ... Every child can learn, grow, and succeed when given the opportunity to reach his or her individual potential.

We focus our resources and energy on developing our core capabilities to develop our Strategic Intents:

  • Create differentiated programs that integrate academics with social and emotional learning
  • Comprehensively identify individual education needs and learning styles
  • Utilize collaborative teaming among staff, specialists, and families to integrate and coordinate personalized education
  • Structure learning environments with small student-to-teacher ratios
  • Assess student progress across all learning areas

2019-2024 Spero Academy Strategic Plan