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Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac

Public, Charter Grades PK, KG-6

753^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 14% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac is a public charter elementary school located in Maple Grove, Minnesota, serving 209 students from pre-kindergarten to 6th grade. The school is part of the Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac District, which is ranked 402 out of 446 districts in the state and has a rating of 1 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Minnesota elementary schools, with proficiency rates in MCA-III Math and Reading assessments significantly lower than the state averages. The school's highest proficiency rates are 30.86% in Reading and 27.78% in Math. In comparison, the nearby Oak View Elementary, Meadow Ridge Elementary School, and Fernbrook Elementary generally perform much better academically, with higher proficiency rates and state rankings.

The school's student population has a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with free and reduced-price lunch rates ranging from 63.84% to 82.3% over the past 3 years. This is significantly higher than the nearby public schools, which have free and reduced-price lunch rates ranging from 10.44% to 47.84%. The consistently low academic performance and high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds suggest that Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac may be facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students and may require additional support or interventions to improve student outcomes.

231

Students ?

11.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,632

Per pupil spending ?

73.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

9060 Zanzibar Lane
Maple Grove, MN 55311-8888

(763) 205-4396

District: Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac

Racial breakdown:

African American:

79.2%

Hispanic:

8.7%

Two or more races:

4.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 7th percentile in 2018 → 14th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2018

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (23% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)

!Math scores 28 pts below the Minnesota average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg23%

Minnesota avg47%

753^rd of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 14%▲ up 6 pts since 2018

From bottom 7% (2018) to bottom 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

402^nd of 446Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	14.6	753 of 872	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.5	770 of 881	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.6	756 of 845	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	7.2	784 of 858	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.8	805 of 869	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.3	831 of 870	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.4	786 of 847	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	44.9	156 of 298	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.5	161 of 310	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.6	220 of 279	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.1	217 of 282	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.3	177 of 227	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.2	222 of 283	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.0	180 of 266	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	18.7	671 of 799	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.2	713 of 809	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	7.8	732 of 787	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.9	710 of 799	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	3.1	764 of 783	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.7	736 of 787	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.5	711 of 774	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	25.2	622 of 764	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.9	676 of 793	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.7	673 of 774	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	600 of 663	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.6	611 of 683	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.4	682 of 740	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.7	635 of 728	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	6.6	769 of 812	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.7	713 of 826	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.8	727 of 799	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	2.5	774 of 784	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.0	790 of 798	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.3	738 of 779	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2025)48th percentile+34 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile~ school

Male (2025)5th percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading30%-20 vs state

Math17%-28 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 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 All Grades	Total
Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	9060 Zanzibar Lane	Maple Grove	55311	Hennepin County	Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 205-4396	231	21	11.2	73.2%	10 (4.3%)	183 (79.2%)	20 (8.7%)	6 (2.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.8%)	14.6	753^rd of 872 public elementary schools	13.6%		13.5	770^th of 881 public elementary schools	12.6%	17	22.7	27.8	20.0	0.0	17.3	13.6	27.8	50.0	28.6	29.6	$17,632
Weaver Lake Science Math & Technical School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	15900 Weaver Lake Rd	Maple Grove	55311	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	Yes	No	No	(763) 420-3337	668	35	19.3	29.3%	263 (39.4%)	166 (24.9%)	34 (5.1%)	135 (20.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (10.5%)	80.9	137^th of 872 public elementary schools	84.3%		74.6	207^th of 881 public elementary schools	76.5%	70	78.2	68.6	58.4		68.0	62.7	57.0	66.4		62.1	$13,175
Fernbrook Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9661 Fernbrook Ln	Maple Grove	55369	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 420-8888	952	53	18.1	22.5%	643 (67.5%)	141 (14.8%)	47 (4.9%)	44 (4.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (8.0%)	81.9	129^th of 872 public elementary schools	85.2%		85.5	85^th of 881 public elementary schools	90.4%	44	69.6	76.1	60.9		68.9	59.2	55.5	74.5		63.0	$12,848
Rush Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8801 County Road 101 N	Maple Grove	55311	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 494-4549	762	40	18.8	18.9%	509 (66.8%)	92 (12.1%)	29 (3.8%)	56 (7.3%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (9.3%)	80.8	138^th of 872 public elementary schools	84.2%		89.2	53^rd of 881 public elementary schools	94.0%	85	76.6	72.4	57.3		69.0	54.5	61.1	68.7		61.2	$12,814
Rice Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13755 89th Ave N	Maple Grove	55369	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 420-4220	623	39	16.1	40.1%	292 (46.9%)	152 (24.4%)	61 (9.8%)	38 (6.1%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (12.4%)	40.8	564^th of 872 public elementary schools	35.3%		50.5	487^th of 881 public elementary schools	44.7%	77	55.7	43.0	29.6		41.7	38.8	42.1	49.6		43.9	$13,274
Basswood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15425 Bass Lake Rd	Maple Grove	55311	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 494-3858	848	45	18.6	18.6%	556 (65.6%)	91 (10.7%)	47 (5.5%)	63 (7.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (10.4%)	80.7	143^rd of 872 public elementary schools	83.6%		87.5	68^th of 881 public elementary schools	92.3%	75	80.5	75.7	57.8		71.4	58.8	53.7	65.7		59.5	$11,932
Parnassus Prep School-Grammar	Public, Charter	K-4	11201 96th Ave N	Maple Grove	55369	Hennepin County	Parnassus Preparatory School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 496-1416	623	36	17.2	48.8%	132 (21.2%)	327 (52.5%)	43 (6.9%)	98 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.7%)	54.5	429^th of 872 public elementary schools	50.8%		52.3	466^th of 881 public elementary schools	47.1%	37	60.8	63.6			62.2	39.2	41.5			40.3	$11,951
Oak View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6710 E Fish Lake Rd	Maple Grove	55369	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 425-1881	515	32	15.9	39.8%	248 (48.2%)	110 (21.4%)	52 (10.1%)	42 (8.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (11.5%)	38.9	581^st of 872 public elementary schools	33.4%		45.1	543^rd of 881 public elementary schools	38.4%	38	45.6	57.3	32.5		45.1	35.0	41.5	41.0		39.2	$14,510
Cedar Island Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6777 Hemlock Ln	Maple Grove	55369	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 425-5855	476	32	15.1	33.4%	253 (53.2%)	102 (21.4%)	38 (8.0%)	17 (3.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (13.0%)	72.1	242^nd of 872 public elementary schools	72.2%		74.2	213^th of 881 public elementary schools	75.8%	29	61.7	56.3	66.2		61.2	56.3	52.3	68.9		58.7	$14,344
Elm Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9830 Revere Ln N	Maple Grove	55369	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 425-0577	565	35	16.0	33.1%	328 (58.1%)	80 (14.2%)	56 (9.9%)	33 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (11.9%)	67.8	294^th of 872 public elementary schools	66.3%		65.6	305^th of 881 public elementary schools	65.4%	11	71.1	51.6	61.1		60.7	54.9	49.0	58.9		54.1	$13,840

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How many students attend Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac?

In the 2024-25 school year, 231 students attended Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac.

What is the racial makeup of Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac?

Students at Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac are 79% African American, 9% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 4% White, 3% Asian.

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Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac ranks in the bottom 13.6% of Minnesota elementary schools.

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