SciTech Academy Charter School

SciTech Academy Charter School is the only school in its district — a K–8 school in Richfield, Minnesota serving 342 students — which means its school-level and district-level results are identical throughout the data. The SciTech Academy Charter School district is ranked 444 of 458 (3rd percentile) with 0 stars, while the school's 2025–2026 rank is 814 of 869 (6th percentile), also 0 stars. That placement is not a one-year dip: the school was 818 of 881 (7th percentile) in 2023–2024 and 832 of 872 (5th percentile) in 2024–2025, holding steady at roughly the 5th–7th percentile across all three years.

In 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency was 13.1% in Math (state: 44.9%), 19.7% in Reading (state: 48.6%), and 0% in Science (state: 25.5%). Science is the most severe weak point: the school reports 0% proficiency at every reported level — All Grades, 5th Grade, and 8th Grade — and that is an exact figure, not a suppressed one. Math is strongest in 3rd grade at 28% but falls to 7.1% in 5th, 6.5% in 6th, 6.7% in 7th, and 4.5% in 8th, where the gap to the state reaches nearly 38 percentage points. Reading does not decline as cleanly; the highest results are 3rd grade at 26.9% and 5th grade at 26.7%, with 7th grade lowest at 13.3%. Every reported subject and grade level sits below the state average, with no exceptions.

There was modest year-over-year improvement: all-grade Math rose from 9.55% to 13.1% and Reading from 15.09% to 19.7%, though Science moved the other way, from 1.79% to 0%. The school serves a very high-need population — 100% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025, with a student-teacher ratio of 13.1. The clearest priorities suggested by the data are Science, middle-grade Math, and overall Reading proficiency; the relative strengths, still below state averages, appear in early-grade Math and Reading.