Summary
Excell Academy Charter is a PK–8 charter school in Brooklyn Park, MN, serving 548 students as its own single-school district. It ranks near the bottom of Minnesota — 429th of 458 districts, 6th percentile, 0 stars — and 2025–26 is its lowest rank on record. In 2025–26, math proficiency is 13.3%, reading 19.5%, and science 8.4%, compared with state rates of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%. About 87.04% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Among nearby schools, it has the lowest math proficiency. Fair Oaks Elementary, 0.07 miles away, posts 39.9% math, 32.8% reading, and 11.1% science, with a 23rd-percentile, 1-star rating versus the school’s 6th-percentile, 0-star rating. It is the largest school in this group but has the highest student–teacher ratio, 15.8, while neighbors run 11.4–14.1. Similar-poverty peers such as Meadow Lake Elementary and Northport Elementary still post higher math and reading. Middle-grade math collapses: 5th grade 3.9%, 6th 3.8%, 7th 4.0%, while reading stays steadier; 8th-grade reading (25.0% vs. state 50.0%) and 8th-grade science (11.4% vs. state 16.7%) are relative bright spots.
The most striking pattern is uneven subgroup results: English learners rank 92nd percentile statewide (5 stars), while special education ranks 0th–1st percentile — essentially the bottom of Minnesota. That gap suggests instructional practice matters more than student intake alone. Math has more than doubled over four years, from 5.47% to 13.3%, but reading has drifted down and overall rank has not improved. Staffing has improved (student–teacher ratio fell from 23.9 to 14.2, then 15.8), yet results have not caught up. For parents, the school is a large, high-poverty PK–8 school at the bottom of state rankings, with a genuine English-learner bright spot and an urgent need to fix middle-grade math.
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