Noble Academy

Noble Academy is a small Minnesota district serving K–8 students at just two schools — Noble Academy Elementary (grades K–6, 395 students) and Noble Academy Middle School (grades 7–8, 138 students) — with no high school in this data, for a combined listed enrollment of 533 students. The Noble Academy district is ranked 359 of 458 Minnesota districts, in the 22nd percentile with 1 star, and that district rank applies to both schools.

Comparing the two, the elementary school is the stronger performer in Math and Science. In 2025–2026 Math proficiency, elementary sits at 40.6% versus the middle school's 25.2%, and in Science it is 11.3% versus 7.8%. Reading is nearly identical at both: elementary 32.0%, middle 32.6%. Elementary Math is only 4.3 points below the state's 44.9%, while middle school Math is 19.7 points below state and 9.5 points below the district's 34.7%. Elementary 3rd grade Math (56.3%) is close to the state's 57.9%, and 5th grade Math (41.5%) essentially matches the state's 41.9%. Rankings tell a similar story: elementary has held steady in the bottom quartile at 27th percentile and 1 star for three years, while the middle school rose to 42nd percentile and 2 stars in 2024–2025 before falling back to 26th percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026, alongside an 8.38-point drop in middle school Math.

District-wide, Reading and Science are the most consistent weaknesses. Both schools score about 32% in Reading against a state rate of 48.6%, and Science is the lowest subject at both — 11.3% at elementary and 7.8% at middle school, versus 25.5% statewide. Both schools serve high-poverty populations, with free/reduced lunch at 68.86% for elementary and 73.91% for middle school, and the middle school has a lower student/teacher ratio (14.5 versus 19.3) yet lower Math and Science outcomes, suggesting class size alone does not explain results. Because no high school appears in this data, high school readiness cannot be evaluated here.