New Century Academy

New Century Academy is the only school in the New Century Academy district, a single-school district in Hutchinson, Minnesota, serving grades 6–12 with 95 students enrolled and classified as a high school.

Because there is just one school here, there is no peer school to compare against, so the most useful comparison is with Minnesota averages. On that basis, New Century Academy is a low-performing outlier. In 2025–2026, all-grades proficiency was 2.6% in math (state: 44.9%), 16.3% in reading (state: 48.6%), and 6.7% in science (state: 25.5%). Grade-level results show 0% proficiency in 11th and 8th grade math, 8th grade reading, and 8th grade science. Sixth and 7th grade math and reading results are marked "—", meaning the state suppressed them for privacy; those values are unknown and should not be read as zeros or as evidence of weakness. Results also declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three subjects, with science falling the most, from 18.18% to 6.7%.

Outcome measures reinforce the academic picture. The graduation rate is 68.1% versus 84.9% statewide, and the dropout rate is 13.6% versus 4.2% statewide — more than triple the state figure. About 57.89% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating significant economic disadvantage, and the student-teacher ratio is a relatively low 8.2, a potential asset that does not yet appear to translate into stronger results. Rankings place the district at 438 of 458 (4th percentile, 0 stars), while the school's rank history from 2023–2024 through 2025–2026 has stayed in the bottom 10th–13th percentile with 1 star each year. With only 95 students spread across grades 6–12, grade-level percentages can swing widely from year to year, and families should weigh that volatility alongside the trends above.