Summary:
Technical Academies of Minnesota is a small Minnesota district serving grades 7–12 through two high schools — DREAM Technical Academy in Willmar (72 students) and CHOICE Technical Academy in Owatonna (44 students) — with 116 students combined and high economic need, at 80.56% and 75% free/reduced lunch respectively.
Both schools score far below Minnesota averages. In 2025–2026, math proficiency was 4.8% at DREAM Technical Academy and 5% at CHOICE Technical Academy, against 44.9% statewide; reading was 20% and 12.5% versus 48.6% statewide; science was 0% and 6.9% versus 25.5% statewide. Math shows the widest gaps — roughly 40 percentage points at each school. DREAM had the stronger reading results in both years (20% vs. 12.5% in 2025–2026, and 18.52% vs. 11.76% in 2024–2025), while CHOICE had the better math and science in 2025–2026 and the stronger science in 2024–2025 at 9.09% versus DREAM's 17.65%, which then fell to 0% the next year — a swing that likely reflects very small student counts. Many grade-level scores are suppressed by the state, so most comparisons rely on all-grades figures.
Outcomes after high school differ. DREAM Technical Academy has a 70.5% graduation rate and an 11.7% dropout rate, more than double the state's 4.2%. CHOICE Technical Academy graduates 72.2% and drops out at 5.5%, below the district's 8.5%. Both trail the state's 84.9% graduation rate by 13–14 points. CHOICE's student-teacher ratio is 38.5 versus DREAM's 22.7. Technical Academies of Minnesota ranks 443 of 458 districts, 3rd percentile, 0 stars.
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