Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac

Summary

Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac is a single charter elementary school serving roughly 231 students in grades PK through 6 on Zanzibar Lane in Maple Grove, Minnesota. It is also its own district — the Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac district contains no other schools — so there are no local peers to compare against one another. The useful comparisons are to statewide averages and to the school's own results across grades and years. About 73.16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a much higher share than at the typical Minnesota school, while the student-teacher ratio is a relatively favorable 11.2 to 1.

On the 2025-2026 state assessments, the school trails Minnesota in every subject: Math All Grades is 18.5% proficient versus 44.9% statewide, Reading 22.8% versus 48.6%, and Science 21.4% versus 25.5%. Statewide rankings reflect that pattern — the school has placed between the 12th and 14th percentile with 1 star for three straight years, and its district ranks 417th of 458 at the 9th percentile with 0 stars. Results vary sharply by grade: 5th grade Reading (42.9%) is the strongest result, reaching about 79% of the state rate, while 6th grade Math (9.1%) and 4th grade Math and Reading (12.5% each) reach only about a quarter of the state rate.

Trends matter here as much as levels. Science jumped from 5.0% to 21.4% proficient year over year, a gain of 16.4 points, while the state held roughly flat — turning the school's weakest subject into its closest to statewide performance, an encouraging but fragile gain. Reading moved the opposite way, falling 6.8 points as the state slipped only slightly, widening the gap. Math barely budged, up 1.2 points, yet is deeply uneven across grades. Because individual grades contain only a handful of students, grade-level percentages swing easily, and the 5th-to-6th grade math drop is the biggest open question. Parents should read these numbers as direction, not precision.

Key Insights

The standout strength is 5th grade, which performs best in both Reading (42.9%, a gap of only 11.6 points to the state) and Math (28.6% versus a state figure of 41.9%, the smallest math gap at 13.3 points).

Science is the biggest surprise: a 16.4-point jump left it just 4.1 points below the state, the school's narrowest gap in any subject. Because it reflects one small 5th-grade cohort, treat it as promising rather than proven.

Math tells two different stories — the 5th grade reaches about 68% of the state rate while 4th and 6th grades reach only about 23% — and the three-year rank band of just 17 places (753 to 770 out of roughly 870 to 881 schools) shows a durable pattern rather than a single bad year.