Summary:
Richfield, Minnesota has 15 schools in this data set — 8 elementary, 2 middle, and 5 high schools, with no alternative schools counted — enrolling about 5,690 students, most of them in the Richfield Public School District, which is ranked 333/458 (27th percentile, 1 star). The city also includes charter schools such as Seven Hills Preparatory Academy (92/458, 80th percentile, 4 stars) and several very small specialized high-school programs. State benchmarks for 2025-2026 are Math 44.9%, Reading 48.6%, and Science 25.5%.
Seven Hills - Richfield Middle is the clear standout, ranked 57/546 (90th percentile) with 4 stars and reading at 68.9%, roughly 20 points above the state; Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary (3 stars, 58th percentile) also beats the state in math and reading, though it slipped from the prior year. Within Richfield Public, Sheridan Hills Elementary stands out with math 45.0% and science 23.7%, well above the district's 15.1%, and Richfield Dual Language School posts math 42.3% and reading 40.5%, above district averages. Richfield Senior High has low test proficiency — math 20.3%, reading 34.1% — but a graduation rate of 92.5%, above district and state, and a dropout rate of 3.2%.
At the other end, SciTech Academy Charter School is ranked 814/869 (6th percentile, 0 stars) with math 13.1%, reading 19.7%, 0% science, and 100% FRL. Centennial Elementary (math 31.3%, reading 29.4%) and Partnership Academy Inc. (reading 28.0%) also trail. South Education Center Academy reports a 20.0% graduation rate, far below the state's 84.9%, and Horizon Science Academy Twin Cities reports a student-teacher ratio of 39.4 with 100% FRL and uneven grade-level results. Many small-school and high-school test values are suppressed as "—" in this data; those should be read as unknown, not as zero.
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