Davinci Academy

This area summary covers a single school: Davinci Academy, a K–8 school in Ham Lake, Minnesota with 952 students. Although the area summary classifies it as an Elementary school and reports 0 middle schools, the school actually serves kindergarten through 8th grade, so it is effectively both the elementary and middle school for this area. In the test score records, the school and its district, Davinci Academy, report identical proficiency values, meaning the school operates as its own district in this data.

Reading is the school's standout strength. In 2025–2026, all-grade reading proficiency was 54.3% versus the state's 48.6%, and 8th grade reading was especially strong at 66.3% against the state's 50%. Sixth grade reading (61.5% vs 53.4%) and 3rd and 4th grade reading and math were also above state. The clearest weak point is 5th grade, which fell below the state in math (28.2% vs 41.9%), reading (49% vs 54.5%), and science (18.6% vs 25.9%). Science was uneven: it dropped from 34.97% in 2024–2025 (vs the state's 26.15%) to 24.8% in 2025–2026 (vs 25.5%), with 8th grade strong at 31% vs 16.7% while 5th grade lagged. Math overall was near the state average at 46% vs 44.9%.

Rankings tell two different stories. At the district level, Davinci Academy ranks 108 of 458 in Minnesota — the 76th percentile with 4 stars. The school's own rank history is more modest: 245 of 881 (72nd percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024, then 355 of 872 and 360 of 869 (59th percentile, 3 stars) in the two most recent years. Context metrics show a free/reduced lunch rate of 25.95% and a student–teacher ratio of 16.3 in 2024–2025. Overall, the school performs above state in reading and near or above state in math, with notable grade-level unevenness and a recent science decline.