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New Discoveries Montessori Academy

Public, Charter Grades PK, KG-8

670^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 23% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

New Discoveries Montessori Academy is a public charter elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Hutchinson, Minnesota, with 223 students. The school is part of the New Discoveries Montessori Academy District, which is ranked 335 out of 446 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

New Discoveries Montessori Academy has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Minnesota elementary schools, with its performance on MCA-III assessments significantly below the state averages in both math and reading. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rate in math was 28.44% compared to the state average of 45.21%, and in reading, the proficiency rate was 38.53% compared to the state average of 49.59%. Nearby schools, such as Cokato Elementary and Dassel Elementary, which are part of the Dassel-Cokato Public Schools district, have significantly higher proficiency rates in the 60-80% range.

The school's student population is predominantly White, with a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, as 61.43% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. The school's performance for specific student subgroups, such as female, male, and special education students, is generally lower than the state averages for those subgroups. Despite having a relatively small student-teacher ratio of 11.4, the school's overall environment and academic performance suggest a need for comprehensive review and targeted interventions to improve student outcomes.

219

Students ?

10.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,781

Per pupil spending ?

59.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1000 5th Ave SE
Hutchinson, MN 55350-7028

(320) 234-6362

District: New Discoveries Montessori Academy

Racial breakdown:

White:

83.1%

Hispanic:

11.0%

Two or more races:

4.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 28th percentile in 2015 → 23rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (33% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school33%

District avg33%

Minnesota avg47%

Elementary school

670^th of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 23%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 28% (2015) to bottom 23% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

348^th of 519

Minnesota public middle schools ?

Bottom 33%▲ up 9 pts since 2021

From bottom 24% (2021) to bottom 33% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

335^th of 446New Discoveries Montessori Academy 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	27.1	670 of 872	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.9	642 of 881	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.6	602 of 845	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.1	649 of 858	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.6	689 of 869	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.9	752 of 870	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.0	704 of 847	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	29.1	677 of 853	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	34.5	638 of 848	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	39.7	601 of 840	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	31.8	641 of 826	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	15.0	739 of 824	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	6.5	774 of 820	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	7.7	767 of 814	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	11.4	741 of 803	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	18.6	699 of 781	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	17.1	675 of 799	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.4	620 of 809	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.5	527 of 787	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.5	579 of 799	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.2	622 of 783	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.4	672 of 787	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.3	640 of 774	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	26.4	612 of 764	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.0	584 of 793	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	46.0	436 of 774	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	54.1	315 of 663	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	34.7	487 of 683	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	619 of 740	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.2	587 of 728	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	37.1	562 of 812	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.3	556 of 826	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.8	613 of 799	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.8	610 of 808	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.8	627 of 784	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.5	699 of 798	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.0	616 of 779	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	42.4	338 of 562	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.0	432 of 572	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	477 of 524	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	50.1	245 of 500	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	35.7	299 of 417	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.9	415 of 515	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.7	368 of 463	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	10.4	691 of 714	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.1	661 of 730	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.7	636 of 712	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.9	704 of 725	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.6	698 of 710	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.1	713 of 722	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.1	700 of 712	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	36.4	348 of 519	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	56.8	223 of 545	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.1	215 of 529	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	42.9	311 of 520	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.3	397 of 521	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	54.0	201 of 455	55.8%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	40.1	269 of 432	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	61.9	140 of 473	70.4%	★★★★☆
2023	62.1	134 of 459	70.8%	★★★★☆
2021	46.3	214 of 399	46.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2022	37.7	306 of 476	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.6	311 of 437	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2021	66.4	57 of 260	78.1%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	34.2	313 of 440	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	42.2	259 of 436	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.0	371 of 438	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.3	386 of 422	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

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

Special Education (2025)40th percentile+17 vs school

Male (2025)31st percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)20th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile-8 vs school

White (2025)3rd percentile-20 vs school

Middle school

Special Education (2021)78th percentile+54 vs school

Female (2023)56th percentile-4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)38th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2022)36th percentile-4 vs school

White (2024)29th percentile-30 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading39%-11 vs state

Math28%-17 vs state

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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
New Discoveries Montessori Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1000 5th Ave SE	Hutchinson	55350	McLeod County	New Discoveries Montessori Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(320) 234-6362	219	21	10.5	59.4%	182 (83.1%)	2 (0.9%)	24 (11.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.1%)	27.1	670^th of 872 public elementary schools	23.2%		31.9	642^nd of 881 public elementary schools	27.1%	28	36.0	28.6	21.7	28.6	20.0	36.4	28.4	36.0	23.8	56.5	35.7	33.3	45.5	38.5	$21,781
Hutchinson Park Elementary	Public	4-5	100 Glen St S	Hutchinson	55350	McLeod County	Hutchinson Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 587-2837	371	27	13.6	36.1%	292 (78.7%)	3 (0.8%)	57 (15.4%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.0%)	78.9	157^th of 872 public elementary schools	82.0%		81.5	126^th of 881 public elementary schools	85.7%	31		65.3	64.3				64.8		51.2	74.1				63.0	$10,698
Hutchinson West Elementary	Public	PK, KG-1	875 School Rd	Hutchinson	55350	McLeod County	Hutchinson Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 587-4470	431	35	12.1	39.9%	353 (81.9%)	4 (0.9%)	47 (10.9%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.6%)								(n/a)															$12,733
Hutchinson Tiger Elementary	Public	2-3	805 School Road SW	Hutchinson	55350	McLeod County	Hutchinson Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 587-1122	375	27	13.6	31.7%	308 (82.1%)	3 (0.8%)	45 (12.0%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.0%)								(n/a)	71.5						71.5	53.1						53.1
Lakeside Elementary	Public	3-6	229 Lake Ave	Silver Lake	55381	McLeod County	Glencoe-Silver Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 864-2501	408	27	14.9	40.0%	284 (69.6%)	5 (1.2%)	103 (25.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.4%)	63.7	339^th of 872 public elementary schools	61.1%		63.8	325^th of 881 public elementary schools	63.1%	14	57.0	72.2	49.5	49.0			57.5	40.0	48.6	57.8	54.3			50.0	$10,532
Lincoln Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	1621 16th St E	Glencoe	55336	McLeod County	Glencoe-Silver Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 864-2677	290	24	12.2	42.8%	202 (69.7%)	1 (0.3%)	79 (27.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)								(n/a)															$12,679
Dassel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	131 William Ave E	Dassel	55325	Meeker County	Dassel-Cokato Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 286-4100	364	21	16.9	31.9%	339 (93.1%)	2 (0.5%)	16 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	90.9	37^th of 872 public elementary schools	95.8%		91.9	26^th of 881 public elementary schools	97.0%	11	85.9	76.3					80.8	67.6	68.8					68.2	$10,673
Lester Prairie Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	131 Hickory St N	Lester Prairie	55354	McLeod County	Lester Prairie Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 395-2521	213	18	11.9	36.2%	149 (70.0%)	1 (0.5%)	55 (25.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.3%)	40.1	571^st of 872 public elementary schools	34.5%		35.1	619^th of 881 public elementary schools	29.7%	48	52.9	62.1	34.3	38.6			45.8	35.3	44.8	31.4	31.8			35.2	$9,504
Cokato Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	200 5th St SW	Cokato	55321	Wright County	Dassel-Cokato Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 286-4100	401	27	14.6	32.9%	370 (92.3%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.7%)	88.2	60^th of 872 public elementary schools	93.1%		89.3	51^st of 881 public elementary schools	94.2%	9	81.5	80.9					81.3	63.0	61.8					62.5	$10,883
Winsted Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	431 4th St N	Winsted	55395	McLeod County	Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 543-4690	213	15	13.8	39.9%	193 (90.6%)	2 (0.9%)	15 (7.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	33.5	616^th of 872 public elementary schools	29.4%		51.6	475^th of 881 public elementary schools	46.1%	141	45.0	40.4					42.5	22.5	46.8					35.6	$12,107

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New Discoveries Montessori Academy ranks in the bottom 23.2% of Minnesota elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of New Discoveries Montessori Academy?

Students at New Discoveries Montessori Academy are 83% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

How many students attend New Discoveries Montessori Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 219 students attended New Discoveries Montessori Academy.

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