Summary:
Middle schools in the Success Academy district in Minnesota serve grades 6–8 at just two small schools: Success Academy Bloomington Middle, with 63 students, and Success Academy St. Cloud - Middle, with 46 students. The district ranks 413 of 458 in Minnesota — the 10th percentile, with 1 star — and both schools serve high-poverty populations, with free/reduced lunch rates of 90.48% and 93.48%. That context matters when reading test scores, though it does not change the fact that both schools sit below state averages in every reported subject and grade.
Success Academy Bloomington Middle is the relatively stronger of the two. Its clearest strength is reading, where 37.9% of all students are proficient — above the district's 25.6% but below the state's 48.6%. Its 6th graders reach 42.9% in reading, 8th graders 40.9%, and 7th graders 30.4%. Science is also 13% versus the district's 6%, though still under the state's 25.5%. Math is weaker at 13.6%, below both the district (17.8%) and state (44.9%). Bloomington ranks 408 of 546 (25th percentile, 1 star), improving from 2023–2024 to 2024–2025 before slipping slightly.
Success Academy St. Cloud - Middle is the negative standout, ranking 544 of 546 — 0th percentile, 0 stars. All-grade math and reading are both 9.7%, and 7th-grade math and reading are 0%. Its highest reported 2025–2026 value is 12.5% in 6th-grade reading. Every reported value falls below both district and state. Note that several values are suppressed ("—"), meaning they are unknown, not zero. St. Cloud also has the lower student-teacher ratio (15.3 vs. 18), showing class size alone does not explain the gap.
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