Summary:
North Lakes Academy is a small Minnesota district with just two schools — North Lakes Academy 7-12 Campus, a grades 7–12 school with 245 students, and North Lakes Academy Elementary, a K–6 school with 220 students — for a combined enrollment of 465. The North Lakes Academy district ranks 296 of 458 districts statewide, at the 35th percentile with 2 stars. Notably, there is no separate middle school: grades 7–8 sit inside the 7–12 campus, and grade 6 sits inside the elementary school.
The North Lakes Academy 7-12 Campus is the stronger of the two right now. Its state rank rebounded from 316 of 450 (30th percentile, 1 star) in 2024–2025 to 239 of 473 (49th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026, though that is still below its 2023–2024 peak of 130 of 480 (73rd percentile, 4 stars). Completion outcomes are a clear strength: an 87.1% graduation rate, above the state's 84.9%, and a 0.0% dropout rate versus 4.2% statewide. Reading and science also improved sharply year over year (+11.7 and +9.4 percentage points), and 7th grade reading (54.8%), 10th grade reading (43.6%), and Science End of Course (38.3%) all beat state averages. Math is the glaring weakness: all-grade math is 19.3% versus 44.9% statewide, with 8th grade math at 7.7% and 11th grade math at 13.5%.
North Lakes Academy Elementary is heading the other way, slipping from the 43rd to the 37th to the 28th percentile over three years and from 2 stars to 1 star. Its bright spot is 4th grade math at 60.9%, above the state's 55.2%, with 4th grade reading (47.8%) close to the state's 48.8%. But results fade badly in the upper grades: 6th grade reading is 25.9%, 27.5 points below the state, and 5th and 6th grade math both sit near 20%, more than 20 points below state levels. Elementary science rose to 17.6% but remains under the state's 25.5%.
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