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Agamim Classical Academy

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Agamim Classical Academy ranks 508 th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

508^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 869 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 42% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Agamim Classical Academy is a K–8 charter school at 5300 France Avenue South in Edina, Minnesota, serving 266 students as its own single-school district, and it sits within roughly 1.6 miles of some of the highest-ranked elementary schools in the state — the Edina Public School District is ranked 7th of 458 districts in Minnesota.

The school has slid sharply. After a standout 2022–2023, when it ranked 149th of 845 Minnesota elementary schools (82nd percentile, 4 stars), it has declined three years running to 508th of 869 (42nd percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026. Proficiency now trails the state in math (36% vs. 44.9%) and science (24.1% vs. 25.5%), while reading is the only subject at or slightly above the state line (50% vs. 48.6%). Science has fallen hardest, roughly halving from 50% three years ago. Two things set Agamim apart from its neighbors: classes are the smallest in the comparison group at 10.3 students per teacher (down from 13.7), and 45.49% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — about three times the rate at nearby Edina schools such as Lake Harriet Upper Elementary, Burroughs Elementary, and Armatage Elementary. Measured against schools serving similar student populations, like Sheridan Hills Elementary (48.28% low-income) and Susan Lindgren Elementary (38.95%), Agamim's reading results look competitive; its math results do not.

The school's lowest-ranked measured student group is its low-income students, at the 19th percentile statewide (1 star). Grade-level scores swing widely, but with only about 25–30 students per grade, those swings read more like small-group noise than reliable strengths or weaknesses — that caveat applies to the low 5th-grade math figure in particular. Reading remains a genuinely solid foundation, math is where the decline is concentrated, and the smaller classes have not yet shown up in results.

266

Students ?

10.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,101

Per pupil spending ?

45.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5300 France Avenue South
Edina, MN 55410-8888

(952) 856-2531

District: Agamim Classical Academy

Racial breakdown:

White:

34.6%

African American:

29.7%

Two or more races:

13.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 82nd percentile in 2023 → 42nd in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 82nd-percentile peak (2023) to 42nd (2026)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school41%

District avg41%

Minnesota avg43%

Elementary school

508^th of 869

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 42%▲ up 4 pts since 2017

From bottom 37% (2017) to bottom 42% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

209^th of 546

Minnesota public middle schools ?

Top 38%▲ up 13 pts since 2019

From bottom 49% (2019) to top 38% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

207^th of 458Agamim Classical 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
2026	45.8	508 of 869	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	59.1	381 of 872	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	70.8	246 of 881	72.1%	★★★★☆
2023	79.3	149 of 845	82.4%	★★★★☆
2022	60.9	361 of 858	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	59.9	377 of 869	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.3	330 of 870	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.7	538 of 847	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2017	47.3	537 of 853	37.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	38.3	525 of 790	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	43.9	491 of 799	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	68.2	251 of 809	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	77.7	147 of 787	81.3%	★★★★☆
2022	64.0	305 of 799	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	60.5	330 of 783	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	67.1	268 of 787	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	36.1	576 of 774	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	23.9	621 of 764	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	37.6	510 of 764	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.4	482 of 793	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	62.2	279 of 774	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.2	399 of 740	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	14.3	668 of 728	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	42.9	498 of 807	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	72.6	217 of 812	73.3%	★★★★☆
2024	71.5	208 of 826	74.8%	★★★★☆
2023	78.7	142 of 799	82.2%	★★★★☆
2022	54.9	400 of 808	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	54.2	403 of 784	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	57.9	399 of 798	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.8	348 of 779	55.3%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	92.8	14 of 730	98.1%	★★★★★
2023	90.3	19 of 712	97.3%	★★★★★
2021	69.3	180 of 710	74.6%	★★★★☆
2019	70.6	182 of 722	74.8%	★★★★☆
2018	62.0	260 of 712	63.5%	★★★☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	58.7	209 of 546	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	75.1	108 of 519	79.2%	★★★★☆
2024	67.2	156 of 545	71.4%	★★★★☆
2023	80.7	71 of 529	86.6%	★★★★☆
2022	77.3	81 of 520	84.4%	★★★★☆
2021	62.3	176 of 521	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	51.4	271 of 533	49.2%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	49.0	81 of 179	54.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	53.8	212 of 474	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.6	175 of 443	60.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	41.6	275 of 458	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	54.2	189 of 473	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.6	187 of 459	59.3%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	80.1	63 of 452	86.1%	★★★★☆
2024	73.0	98 of 479	79.5%	★★★★☆
2023	82.4	50 of 464	89.2%	★★★★☆
2022	78.1	71 of 476	85.1%	★★★★☆
2021	64.5	137 of 437	68.6%	★★★☆☆

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

White (2024)98th percentile+26 vs school

Male (2026)38th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2026)34th percentile-8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)19th percentile-23 vs school

Middle school

Male (2025)86th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2024)55th percentile-16 vs school

African American (2024)55th percentile-17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)40th percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2025-2026) ?

Reading50%~ state avg

Math36%-9 vs state

Science24%~ state avg

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What people are saying

by a teacher
Monday, April 12, 2021

- Hostile Executive Leadership
- Retaliation against employees with concerns happens regularly
- There is constant fear that jobs will be terminated due to feedback given to Executive Leadership
- There is no pay scale
- Conversations around pay are ineffective and unwelcome
- There is blatant favoritism, gossip, and belittling
- Professionalism is not a priority
- Board of Directors is ineffective
- Teacher and staffing turnover rate is extremely high
- Teachers and staff are not compensated when asked or required to do extra duties
- Employees that are easily manipulated are hired
- Teachers without licenses and no experience are hired regularly
- Employees are not given consistent support or adequate professional development
- Executive Leadership is "too busy" for students, families, and staff
- The organization is unstable and operates in crisis mode
- This job requires me to do work that feels unethical Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, February 1, 2021

My daughter attended Agamim from grade 1-3. Over this time:

-there was HIGH teacher/staff turnover, including staff leaving mid year due to negative work environment (my daughter’s social worker, possibly the only positive contribution of this school, was one of these),

-there was a need for daily debriefings with my daughter to discuss her bad day (practically EVERY day) she would often mention how the teacher yelled at the class frequently to correct misbehaving, and even threatened to send my daughter to the music room during lunch because she hummed while she ate,

-staff did not call to notify me of a life-threatening issue where my daughter accidentally swallow 2 magnets they resorted to emailing me instead,

-I was not informed when my daughter’s actions required staff intervention, including an EXTREMELY serious instance of which I found out about on my own much later after the fact (they told me “the social worker was supposed to tell you, but then such and such happened...”),

-my daughter’s teacher failed to complete an assessment required for us to have neuropsych testing performed this process should have taken weeks, maybe months at the most, but took close to a year because she did not respond to my many requests to complete this 1 page/1-sided assessment, but only partially completed it when contacted by my daughter’s psychologist.

I could go on, but I will conclude by expressing how happy and RELIEVED I am for my daughter to be freed from that negative Agamim culture! She has taken a drastic turn for the better now that she has supportive staff in her life! Close Quote

by a teacher
Sunday, May 10, 2020

This school does not teach to developmental stages. 3 of the grade level teachers left mid-year and four specialists/paras left as well. That should tell you everything. There are major internal breakdowns. Their system believes in public humiliation. Students with other needs are not being taken care of in a professional way. There is no scaffolding here (your child will not be taught at his or her academic level) There is no playground and the toys are locked away...There is no room for creativity or play here. If you love your children, please do not send them here. Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Very clubby, unfair leadership. Close Quote

by a teacher
Monday, February 10, 2020

This is the worst, most clubby leadership I've ever seen. Leadership won't deal with anything that isn't in comfort zone of marketing classical education in the most obnoxious evangelical manner. Student behavior is abhorrent. Five staff members have already left this year. This school has some of the rudest, meanest teachers known to humankind, but leadership is too cowardly to address it. For shame. Avoid this place. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, December 7, 2019

Rigorous curriculum- my son is learning significantly more than our experience at a Minneapolis school our daughters went to. The principal is great and has been very involved if we have any issues. The school has a diverse student body which makes it even better. We love it here! Close Quote

by a teacher
Thursday, August 1, 2019

This is a very dysfunctional environment with deans who are unqualified for their roles and who lack any semblance of professional maturity. Executive leadership is very opinionated and does not listen to ideas outside of a small pedagogical box. Students at risk are not served here and they are falling further and further behind. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, March 9, 2019

My son attends this school and we have been incredibly impressed by the teachers, curriculum/content, and the mission/vision/values. No school is perfect but when I saw this website pop up on google I had to correct the unfair rating it was given that was absolutely not a clear representation of the school and the amazing education they are offering to students of all backgrounds throughout the Twin Cities. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Very good teachers and quality of education.
They don't have a big place that includes a ground and lots of space... hence a 4-star Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)							MCA-IV Science (2026)			MCA-III Math (2026)							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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science All Grades	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	Total
Agamim Classical Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	5300 France Avenue South	Edina	55410	Hennepin County	Agamim Classical Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(952) 856-2531	266	26	10.3	45.5%	92 (34.6%)	79 (29.7%)	22 (8.3%)	31 (11.7%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (13.9%)	45.8	508^th of 869 public elementary schools	41.5%		59.1	381^st of 872 public elementary schools	56.3%	127	40.0	61.1	44.4	52.0	53.3	53.8	50.0	29.4	16.7	24.1	36.0	61.1	16.7	28.0	26.7	53.8	36.0	$13,101
Lake Harriet Upper Elementary	Public	3-5	4912 Vincent Ave South	Minneapolis	55410	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-3310	284	17	16.8	13.7%	230 (81.0%)	10 (3.5%)	12 (4.2%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.8%)	97.6	3^rd of 869 public elementary schools	99.7%		94.8	12^th of 872 public elementary schools	98.6%	9	81.3	84.5	90.6				85.3	60.7		60.7	94.7	85.6	77.4				86.2
Armatage Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2501 W 56th Street	Minneapolis	55410	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-3180	377	24	15.6	20.2%	259 (68.7%)	28 (7.4%)	23 (6.1%)	11 (2.9%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	51 (13.5%)	95.2	16^th of 869 public elementary schools	98.2%		91.7	31^st of 872 public elementary schools	96.4%	15	75.7	80.7	76.8				77.5	54.4		54.4	86.5	82.8	71.9				81.0	$12,135
Early Childhood Special Educational	Public	PK-K	5701 Normandale Rd	Edina	55424	Hennepin County	Edina Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 848-4960	146	8	18.0	22.6%	91 (62.3%)	18 (12.3%)	17 (11.6%)	9 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	9 (6.2%)								(n/a)																		$44,207
Concord Elementary	Public	K-5	5900 Concord Ave S	Edina	55424	Hennepin County	Edina Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 848-4300	741	46	16.1	9.0%	558 (75.3%)	34 (4.6%)	55 (7.4%)	35 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (8.0%)	95.1	18^th of 869 public elementary schools	97.9%		94.5	15^th of 872 public elementary schools	98.3%	3	71.3	76.9	82.5				77.0	49.3		49.3	81.4	85.8	79.4				82.2	$12,854
Normandale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5701 Normandale Rd	Edina	55424	Hennepin County	Edina Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 848-4100	652	38	17.0	6.0%	476 (73.0%)	17 (2.6%)	50 (7.7%)	37 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (11.0%)	94	23^rd of 869 public elementary schools	97.4%		94.5	14^th of 872 public elementary schools	98.4%	9	64.4	81.8	81.0				76.2	45.7		45.7	85.6	87.6	69.0				80.6	$10,808
Burroughs Elementary	Public	K-5	1601 W 50th St	Minneapolis	55419	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-3280	481	29	16.4	9.8%	385 (80.0%)	16 (3.3%)	31 (6.4%)	11 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.5%)	97.1	6^th of 869 public elementary schools	99.3%		97.2	5^th of 872 public elementary schools	99.4%	1	82.1	82.4	87.3				83.9	64.8		64.8	88.5	81.1	87.3				85.7	$11,963
Lake Harriet Lower Elementary	Public	K-2	4030 Chowen Ave S	Minneapolis	55410	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-3210	309	16	19.9	12.6%	248 (80.3%)	9 (2.9%)	17 (5.5%)	8 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.4%)								(n/a)																		$12,371
Susan Lindgren Elementary	Public	K-5	4801 W 41st St	Saint Louis Park	55416	Hennepin County	St. Louis Park Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 928-6700	457	34	13.5	38.9%	224 (49.0%)	115 (25.2%)	58 (12.7%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (11.2%)	61.9	324^th of 869 public elementary schools	62.7%		64.1	334^th of 872 public elementary schools	61.7%	10	47.8	57.0	58.3				54.8	25.4		25.4	58.2	62.0	36.1				53.1	$15,927
Sheridan Hills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6400 Sheridan Ave S	Richfield	55423	Hennepin County	Richfield Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 798-6900	406	31	12.9	48.3%	168 (41.4%)	79 (19.5%)	102 (25.1%)	21 (5.2%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.1%)	45.3	513^th of 869 public elementary schools	41.0%		39.3	579^th of 872 public elementary schools	33.6%	66	46.2	32.8	50.0				43.8	23.7		23.7	47.0	44.1	44.2				45.0	$15,782

Frequently Asked Questions about Agamim Classical Academy

What is the racial makeup of Agamim Classical Academy?

Students at Agamim Classical Academy are 35% White, 30% African American, 14% Two or more races, 12% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 2% American Indian.

What district is Agamim Classical Academy in?

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How many students attend Agamim Classical Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 266 students attended Agamim Classical Academy.

Is Agamim Classical Academy a good school?

Agamim Classical Academy ranks 508^th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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