Summary:
Schools in the Rochester Beacon Academy area come down to a single school: Rochester Beacon Academy, a grades 6–12 high school in Rochester, Minnesota serving 115 students. The Rochester Beacon Academy district contains only this one school, so its district-level figures essentially repeat the school's own numbers. Because enrollment is small across seven grades, a handful of students can move a proficiency rate by many points, and the state suppresses some results — 6th grade Math, 6th grade Reading, and 8th grade Science — to protect student privacy. Those appear as "—" and mean unknown, not zero.
Academically, results are mixed. Science is the strongest trend, improving from 10.53% proficient in 2024–25 to 25.8% in 2025–26, just above the state's 25.5%. Eighth grade Reading is a bright spot at 60% proficient versus 50% statewide. Math is the largest concern: 14% proficient across all grades against 44.9% statewide, and 11th grade Math at 0% versus 35.3%, with 7th and 8th grade Math also below state averages. Reading overall is 31.1% proficient compared with 48.6% statewide, dragged down by 7th grade Reading at 16.7% against 43.5%.
In statewide comparisons, the district summary shows 329 of 458 schools, 28th percentile, 1 star, while the 2025–26 rank history shows 326 of 473, 31st percentile, 2 stars — both below average, though improved from 421 of 480 in 2023–24. The graduation rate is 60.0% versus the state's 84.9%, but the dropout rate is 0.0% against 4.2%, a favorable result that may reflect different cohorts or definitions. About 43.48% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 11.2.
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