Bluesky Charter School

BlueSky Charter School is the only school in this area and the only school in the BlueSky Charter School district, a high school serving grades 6–12 with 634 students in Bloomington, MN; the area summary lists 1 high school and no elementary, middle, or alternative schools. Because it is the only school, there are no peer schools in this dataset to compare it with directly, and its school and district figures are identical.

Academically, the school’s relative strength is reading: 6th grade reading is 61.9% proficient, 8.5 percentage points above the state’s 53.4%, and 10th grade reading is 40.7% versus 42.5% statewide, only 1.8 points below. But all-grade reading is 40.1% versus 48.6% statewide, with 7th grade reading at 21.2% versus 43.5%. Math is the largest weakness: all-grade math is 17.1% versus 44.9% statewide, a 27.8-point gap, and every tested grade is roughly 20–26 points below state, including 14.7% in 7th grade math and 13.3% in 11th grade math. Science is 17.6% versus 25.5% statewide; 8th grade science is 10.5%, the lowest single proficiency figure. Graduation is 66.6% versus 84.9% statewide, and dropout is 6.3% versus 4.2%.

Rank and outcomes show a mixed picture. The school improved from 22nd percentile/1 star in 2023–2024 to 37th percentile/2 stars in 2025–2026, but the current district summary places it at 319 of 458 schools, 30th percentile, 2 stars—still below median. Year-over-year math, reading, and science were relatively flat from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, though state scores dipped slightly, narrowing school-state gaps by about 0.8–1.2 percentage points. With 47% free/reduced lunch and a 13.7 student-teacher ratio, the main takeaways for parents are clear bright spots in 6th grade reading and near-state 10th grade reading, alongside significant concerns in math across nearly all grades and in graduation/dropout outcomes.