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Excell Academy Charter

Q: Is Excell Academy Charter a good school?

Excell Academy Charter ranks in the bottom 4.8% of Minnesota elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Excell Academy Charter?

In the 2024-25 school year, 548 students attended Excell Academy Charter.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Excell Academy Charter?

Students at Excell Academy Charter are 93% African American, 5% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

Public, Charter Grades PK, KG-8

830^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 5% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Excell Academy Charter is an elementary school located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota that serves grades PK-8 with 483 students. Despite being in operation for over a decade, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Minnesota elementary schools and maintained a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Excell Academy Charter significantly underperforms the state average on standardized tests, with only 12.45% of students proficient or better in Math and 19.64% proficient in Reading, compared to state averages of 45.21% and 49.59% respectively. The school serves a high-need student population, with 91.3% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and high percentages of African American, English Language Learner, and Special Education students. Excell Academy Charter also has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 14.2, compared to nearby schools ranging from 11.1 to 14.1.

In comparison, nearby schools in the Osseo Public School District and other charter schools in the area significantly outperform Excell Academy Charter on academic measures. For example, Park Brook Elementary had 52.08% of students proficient in Math and 34.03% proficient in Reading, compared to Excell Academy Charter's much lower performance. This suggests Excell Academy Charter is struggling to effectively serve its high-need student population.

548

Students ?

15.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,757

Per pupil spending ?

87%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5800 65th Ave N
Brooklyn Park, MN 55429-1559

(763) 533-0500

District: Excell Academy Charter

Racial breakdown:

African American:

93.1%

Hispanic:

4.7%

Two or more races:

1.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 15th percentile in 2015 → 5th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (16% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school16%

District avg16%

Minnesota avg47%

Elementary school

830^th of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 5%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

482^nd of 519

Minnesota public middle schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 18% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

430^th of 446Excell Academy Charter among Minnesota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	5.6	830 of 872	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.0	841 of 881	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.7	804 of 845	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.6	809 of 858	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.3	799 of 869	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.2	705 of 870	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.1	736 of 847	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	24.1	699 of 853	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	13.3	758 of 848	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.0	718 of 840	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	8.0	766 of 826	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	5.5	778 of 824	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	6.0	777 of 820	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	4.4	778 of 814	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	3.2	771 of 803	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	12.0	720 of 781	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	24.6	678 of 777	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	2.9	733 of 756	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	7.2	655 of 685	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	1.5	661 of 676	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	21.5	251 of 298	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.9	270 of 310	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.6	237 of 279	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.3	243 of 282	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.3	178 of 227	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	55.9	121 of 283	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.3	119 of 266	55.3%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	31.6	211 of 276	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.9	183 of 256	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	78.3	19 of 239	92.1%	★★★★★
2018	50.9	94 of 242	61.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	6.5	757 of 799	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.6	760 of 809	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.4	749 of 787	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.8	756 of 799	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.1	691 of 783	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.0	639 of 787	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.0	665 of 774	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	12.2	709 of 764	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	746 of 793	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.9	722 of 774	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.3	606 of 663	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.9	596 of 683	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.9	452 of 740	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.7	550 of 728	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	5.1	783 of 812	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.8	800 of 826	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.3	771 of 799	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.4	765 of 808	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	2.0	779 of 784	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	22.8	660 of 798	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.7	691 of 779	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	4.8	560 of 562	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.7	568 of 572	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	10.3	482 of 519	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.5	473 of 545	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.9	433 of 529	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.6	416 of 520	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.8	454 of 521	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.6	365 of 533	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.6	379 of 518	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	29.0	392 of 523	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	25.6	411 of 508	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.4	421 of 516	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	26.5	394 of 490	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	5.8	459 of 488	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	7.8	431 of 469	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	6.5	443 of 478	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	7.9	421 of 454	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	26.2	132 of 169	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.1	119 of 179	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.7	82 of 164	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.4	84 of 162	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.1	98 of 141	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	66.5	43 of 148	70.9%	★★★★☆
2018	69.5	40 of 137	70.8%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	9.3	415 of 450	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.0	402 of 474	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.7	369 of 455	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.4	381 of 467	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.8	384 of 443	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.1	315 of 439	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.2	358 of 436	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	16.2	387 of 432	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.1	374 of 473	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.8	298 of 459	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.1	248 of 404	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	28.6	312 of 399	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	57.1	162 of 415	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	53.7	194 of 401	51.6%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	10.5	421 of 452	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	434 of 479	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.2	392 of 464	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.5	403 of 476	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.5	382 of 437	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.5	329 of 454	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.8	332 of 438	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	4.5	265 of 265	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2023)24th percentile+19 vs school

African American (2025)16th percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile~ school

Female (2025)5th percentile~ school

Male (2025)4th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)<1st percentile-4 vs school

Middle school

African American (2025)22nd percentile+15 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)8th percentile~ school

Male (2025)7th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)<1st percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading20%-30 vs state

Math12%-33 vs state

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by a parent
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Excell Academy provides a diverse staff with exceptional adminstrative services. There are parenting courses which shows me there commitment to the healthy family dynamic. The children wear uniforms and they provide transportation throughout the Twin Cities! This year, I was pleasantly surprised that kindergarten is tuition for the school year of 2013-14. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)							MCA-III Reading (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Excell Academy Charter	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	5800 65th Ave N	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Excell Academy Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 533-0500	548	35	15.8	87.0%	1 (0.2%)	510 (93.1%)	26 (4.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	5.6	830^th of 872 public elementary schools	4.8%		5	841^st of 881 public elementary schools	4.5%	11	26.2	22.2	3.6	4.3	10.5	11.1	12.5	14.3	15.6	19.6	18.8	25.6	24.4	19.6	$15,757
Fair Oaks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5600 65th Ave N	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 533-2246	396	34	11.5	72.7%	16 (4.0%)	144 (36.4%)	125 (31.6%)	87 (22.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	27.7	665^th of 872 public elementary schools	23.7%		34.8	622^nd of 881 public elementary schools	29.4%	43	36.8	49.1	34.5				39.7	29.4	25.9	41.4				32.2	$16,790
Zanewood Community School STEAM	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	7000 Zane Ave N	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(763) 561-9077	317	27	11.9	77.9%	17 (5.4%)	148 (46.7%)	72 (22.7%)	53 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.5%)	13.4	768^th of 872 public elementary schools	11.9%		6.4	825^th of 881 public elementary schools	6.4%	57	21.8	21.3	22.6				21.9	27.8	20.8	34.0				27.7	$14,751
Twin Lakes STEM Academy	Public, Charter	K-7	6201 Noble Ave N	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Twin Lakes STEM Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 338-9373	217	19	11.4	99.1%	5 (2.3%)	201 (92.6%)	10 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	8.9	800^th of 872 public elementary schools	8.3%		9.5	795^th of 881 public elementary schools	9.8%	5	23.1	3.6	4.2	20.0	0.0		10.4	15.4	6.9	25.0	46.7	23.1		20.6	$16,325
Prairie Seeds Elementary School Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	6200 W Broadway Ave	Brooklyn Park	55428	Hennepin County	Prairie Seeds Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 450-1388	359	26	13.8	69.9%	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	16 (4.5%)	330 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	13	771^st of 872 public elementary schools	11.6%		10.1	791^st of 881 public elementary schools	10.2%	20	30.7	33.3	17.7				27.2	24.2	18.3	27.4				23.4	$15,543
Garden City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3501 65th Ave N	Brooklyn Center	55429	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 561-9768	366	32	11.4	77.0%	23 (6.3%)	122 (33.3%)	74 (20.2%)	122 (33.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.0%)	13.3	769^th of 872 public elementary schools	11.8%		12	780^th of 881 public elementary schools	11.5%	11	32.8	35.4	24.4				31.1	17.2	18.4	22.2				19.1	$14,734
Park Brook Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7400 Hampshire Ave N	Brooklyn Park	55428	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 561-6870	298	21	14.0	74.8%	29 (9.7%)	103 (34.6%)	42 (14.1%)	86 (28.9%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.1%)	40.6	567^th of 872 public elementary schools	35.0%		24.6	694^th of 881 public elementary schools	21.2%	127	47.2	54.3	55.4				52.1	26.9	22.2	48.2				34.0	$16,347
Progeny Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	5929 Brooklyn Boulevard	Brooklyn Center	55429	Hennepin County	Progeny Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 325-9150	92	8	11.5	82.6%	10 (10.9%)	53 (57.6%)	18 (19.6%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (9.8%)	5.7	827^th of 872 public elementary schools	5.2%					(n/a)		0.0	8.3		7.1	0.0	4.2		18.2	25.0		28.6	25.0	25.0
Palmer Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7300 W Palmer Lake Dr	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 561-1930	493	39	12.6	63.1%	34 (6.9%)	155 (31.4%)	70 (14.2%)	186 (37.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.1%)	19.8	715^th of 872 public elementary schools	18.0%		22.1	712^th of 881 public elementary schools	19.2%	3	39.8	33.8	25.0				33.0	29.3	24.3	32.4				28.8	$14,962
Meadow Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8525 62nd Ave N	New Hope	55428	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 504-7700	488	37	13.1	82.8%	46 (9.4%)	269 (55.1%)	80 (16.4%)	38 (7.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (10.5%)	9.8	794^th of 872 public elementary schools	8.9%		15.9	758^th of 881 public elementary schools	14.0%	36	29.3	10.9	5.0				15.2	32.0	18.2	19.2				23.6	$15,533

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Is Excell Academy Charter a good school?

Excell Academy Charter ranks in the bottom 4.8% of Minnesota elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Excell Academy Charter?

Students at Excell Academy Charter are 93% African American, 5% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

How many students attend Excell Academy Charter?

In the 2024-25 school year, 548 students attended Excell Academy Charter.

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