Summary:
Gentry Academy Charter School is a two-school district in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota serving grades 5–8 at Gentry Academy Middle (195 students) and grades 9–12 at Gentry Academy High (134 students), for a combined enrollment of 329 students, with no elementary or alternative schools listed. The district ranks 88th out of 458 in Minnesota — the 81st percentile, with 4 stars — and both schools earned 4 stars in 2025–2026, though their academic profiles are strikingly different.
Gentry Academy Middle is the math standout: all-grades math is 53.3% versus 49.6% in the district and 44.9% statewide, with 6th grade at 61.2% and 8th grade at 63.5% — far above state averages — while 5th grade math lags at 37.0%. Science, however, is its biggest weakness at just 8.4%, compared with 20.0% in the district and 25.5% statewide, and both tested grades are low. Reading is mixed at 46.4%, slightly below state. The school has held 4 stars for three listed years, ranking between the 74th and 82nd percentile.
Gentry Academy High excels at graduation and dropout outcomes — a 93.3% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, versus 84.9% and 4.2% statewide — plus reading at 53.3% and science at 40.0%, both above state averages. Math is its clear weak point at 27.3%, well below district and state. The high school improved dramatically from 1 star (30th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 4 stars in both later years, easing to the 71st percentile in 2025–2026.
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