Summary:
Kaleidoscope Charter School in Otsego, Minnesota, contains a single middle school — Kaleidoscope Middle School — serving grades 6 through 8 with 117 students, so this is a close look at one school's own strengths and weaknesses rather than a comparison among several campuses in the area.
Reading and science are the standout subjects. In 2025-2026, all-grade reading proficiency was 53.6%, above the district's 45.2% and the state's 48.6%, and every tested grade beat the state: 6th grade 57.1% vs. 53.4%, 7th grade 47.8% vs. 43.5%, and 8th grade 56.8% vs. 50.0%. Reading also rose 8.3 points year over year, flipping from below the state average (45.3% vs. 49.59%) in 2024-2025 to above it. Science stayed strong at 29.7% versus the district's 22.4% and the state's 25.5%, with 8th-grade science at 29.7% against a state figure of 16.7%. Eighth-grade math was a bright spot at 45.9%, above the state's 42.3%. The school's rank climbed to 219 of 546 (60th percentile, 3 stars) from 258 of 519 (50th percentile) the prior year.
Math is the clear concern. All-grade math proficiency fell from 31.62% to 24%, below both the district (32.5%) and the state (44.9%), with the gap to the district widening from about 2 points to 8.5 points. The grade-level picture is uneven: 6th-grade math was 9.5% and 7th grade 19.6%, far under state averages of 39.5% and 40.3%. With only 117 students, a single student can shift a grade's percentage by 2–3 points, so year-to-year changes should be read with caution. The reported 2024-2025 student-teacher ratio of 93.6 also looks like a data anomaly rather than a usable figure.
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