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What's the biggest difference between EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER and what you expected?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER·NCES 270018403137
EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER
5800 65TH AVE N, BROOKLYN PARK, MN 55429 · (763) 533-0500 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
477 students
STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 65 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 41 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 22% larger than its 8th grade class (46).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
19.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
12.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER
EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER's state test result (15.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER this school | 548 | 87.0% | 15.1% |
| Stride Academy K-8 Charter School SAINT CLOUD | 569 | 83.7% | 19.4% |
| Best Academy MINNEAPOLIS | 508 | 92.5% | 20.1% |
| HGA Elementary SAINT PAUL | 525 | 94.3% | 38.6% |
| Universal Academy Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 411 | 92.7% | 43.0% |
| GLOBAL ACADEMY NEW BRIGHTON | 447 | 89.0% | 37.7% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #794 of 844 | #143 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #801 of 844 | #148 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #784 of 844 | #141 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #230 of 1,130 | #57 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #625 of 769 | #126 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.1% | #738 of 796 | #157 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #56 of 942 | #25 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.7% | #53 of 244 | #7 of 50 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
548
+83 (+18%) vs 2020
+32% since 2010-11, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 21.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 548 | 34.5 | 15.9:1 | 87% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 33.8 | 14.3:1 | 91% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 21.3 | 24.0:1 | 95% (487) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 87% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 38.1 | 11.9:1 | 92% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 96% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 86% (357) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (454 to 548); teachers down 9% (38.1 to 34.5).
About EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER
Families in BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota, are served by EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER, a large elementary school. Enrollment totals 548 students across pre-K through 8. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll around 344, and this school is 59% bigger than that mark.
EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Black students are 93% of those enrolled at EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Hennepin County's population at about 13%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 13%.
There are 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota, 13.7:1, is lower. Of all students at EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER, 87% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Hennepin County is 43%.
On the allk12 Grade, EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER lands at D, ahead of 9% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER is -3.2 points: 15.1% actual, 18.3% predicted.
For the population of Hennepin County, the median household earns about $97,653 a year, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Hennepin County, 496 public schools serve about 177,509 students.
FAIR OAKS ELEMENTARY is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER's average proficiency of 15.1% compares with 21.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 548, up from 465 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 15.9 students per teacher, compared with 21.1 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
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- FAIR OAKS ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 396
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Frequently asked questions
About EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTERWhat is the total enrollment at EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER?
EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-08.
Is EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER an elementary, middle, or high school?
EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER have?
EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER?
At EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER, the student body is approximately 0% White, 5% Hispanic, 93% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER?
EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER is overseen by EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTER in Hennepin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.