Summary:
The middle-school list for Beacon Charter School contains one school, Founders Academy, serving grades 6–8; it reports 158 students, a student–teacher ratio of 11.2, and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 70.25% in 2024–25. The most important finding is that in 2025–26, proficiency at Founders Academy was below state results in every reported subject, by 19.8 to 24.7 percentage points.
As the only school in the list, Founders Academy is the area’s sole result, not a top or bottom performer relative to nearby schools. Its smallest state gap was in science: 11.3% proficient compared with 31.1% statewide, a 19.8-point difference. ELA had the largest gap, at 8.4% versus 33.1% (24.7 points), while math was 7.9% versus 31.9% (24.0 points). SchoolDigger ranked the school 59th of 68 schools, in the 13th percentile, with one star in 2025–26; separately, its supplied listing ranks the district, Beacon Charter School, 40th of 61, in the 34th percentile, with two stars. With one school listed and no prior-year state results, the data cannot show local school-to-school differences or whether state gaps widened over time.
School results changed unevenly across the two reported years: ELA rose from 6.8% to 8.4%, while science fell from 23.1% to 11.3%. SchoolDigger’s school ranking also declined over time, from 52nd of 64 schools and the 19th percentile in 2023–24 to 59th of 68 and the 13th percentile in 2025–26. Within 2025–26 math results, grade 7 was a relative high point at 12.8% proficient, compared with 9.3% in grade 8 and under 5% in grade 6; each grade remained below its state comparison. The student–teacher ratio and lunch-rate figures describe the school’s context, but do not establish why results differ across subjects, grades, or years.
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