Summary:
There is one middle school in Gentry Academy Charter School: Gentry Academy Middle, serving grades 5–8 in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, with 195 students and a 4-star rating.
In 2025–2026, its strongest subject is Math: 53.3% of all grades met proficiency, compared with 49.6% in the district and 44.9% statewide. Grade-level Math is especially strong in 6th grade at 61.2% and 8th grade at 63.5%, both more than 21 points above the state. 5th grade Math is lower at 37.0%, below the state’s 41.9%. Reading is mixed: all-grade Reading is 46.4%, below the state’s 48.6% and down from 52.76% the previous year. 8th grade Reading is 53.8%, above the state’s 50.0%, and 6th grade is near the state, but 5th grade Reading is 40.4% vs. 54.5% statewide and 7th grade is 37.5% vs. 43.5%. Science is the clearest weakness: only 8.4% of all grades were proficient, compared with 20% in the district and 25.5% statewide; 5th grade is 9.1% vs. 25.9%, and 8th grade is 7.8% vs. 16.7%. Science also fell from 17.58% in 2024–2025.
The school has held a 4-star rating for three years, but its rank slipped to 141 of 546, the 74th percentile, in 2025–2026, down from 96 of 519, the 82nd percentile, in 2024–2025. That is close to its 2023–2024 position of 142 of 545, also the 74th percentile. The broader district is ranked 88 of 458, at the 81st percentile with 4 stars. Parents should note the student-teacher ratio of 19.1. The most targeted opportunities are 5th grade overall, 5th and 7th grade Reading, and Science across both tested grades.
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