Summary
Global Academy is a K–8 charter school in New Brighton, Minnesota, serving 447 students as its own district and ranking 532 of 869 Minnesota schools in 2025–26 — the 39th percentile, 2 stars. Its statewide rank has mostly stayed between the 32nd and 45th percentiles over the past decade, making it a stable, middle-to-lower-ranked school rather than one on a clear upward trend.
Global serves one of the highest-need populations in its area: 89.04% of students received free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25, higher than Bultum Academy (83.13%), North Park School for Innovation (80.83%), Valley View Elementary (79.23%) and Highland Elementary (78.28%), and far above Wilshire Park Elementary (27.1%), Waite Park Elementary (29.32%) and Bel Air Elementary (36.76%). Despite that, Global outperforms those high-poverty neighbors by wide margins in every subject, and it also beats Bultum Academy, a K–8 charter with similar poverty and class size. It still trails the lower-poverty nearby schools, especially in math. Its student-teacher ratio of 12.9 is lower than most neighbors, and it is one of the few local options that continues through middle school.
In 2025–26, Global Academy's all-grade reading was 48.2, essentially at the state average of 48.6; math was 32 versus 44.9 statewide, and science 19.8 versus 25.5. Reading has slipped from a relative strength — 58.5 in 2022–23 — to roughly average. Math has been below state for four straight years, with middle-grade math the clearest concern: 6th grade 16.3, 7th 20.8 and 8th 26, though 3rd grade reached 61.2. Science has been volatile. Notably, the school's effectiveness rankings for specific student groups are much higher than its overall rank: African American students 77th percentile (4 stars), English Language Learner students 81st percentile (4 stars), low-income students 70th percentile (3 stars), and special education students 63rd percentile (3 stars) in 2023–24.
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