Summary:
The SciTech Academy Charter School area in Richfield, Minnesota is served by a single elementary school — SciTech Academy Charter School — which enrolls 342 students in grades K–8 and operates as its own charter district, so the school's results and the district's results are the same. Because it is the only school in the SciTech Academy Charter School district, there are no other local schools to compare it against; the meaningful comparison is to Minnesota state averages. On that measure the school ranks near the bottom of the state: a district rank of 444 of 458, the 3rd percentile, and 0 stars, with its own school rank history sitting between the 5th and 7th percentile across 2023–2024, 2024–2025, and 2025–2026.
In 2025–2026, all-grades proficiency was 13.1% in Math, 19.7% in Reading, and 0% in Science, against state figures of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5% — gaps of 31.8, 28.9, and 25.5 percentage points below the state. Both Math and Reading improved from 2024–2025, when they stood at 9.55% and 15.09%, while Science slipped from 1.79% to 0%. By grade, the strongest results appear in the earliest tested year: 3rd grade Math at 28% and Reading at 26.9%. Performance falls off after that, with 8th grade Math at just 4.5% and every grade in Math and Reading remaining well below its state average. Science was reported at 0% for both 5th and 8th grades.
Other reported metrics add context. Free or reduced-price lunch participation was 100% in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 13.1 students per teacher. With 342 students spread across nine grade levels, grade-level percentages may rest on small groups, which is worth keeping in mind when reading year-to-year changes. The clearest positive signal is the year-over-year gain in all-grades Math and Reading, though both remain roughly 29 to 32 percentage points below state proficiency.
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