Enrollment
342
Elementary
STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCITECH ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 270043905072
SciTech Academy Charter School
100 WEST 66TH STREET, RICHFIELD, MN 55423 · (612) 800-2036 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.2:1
26 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
342 students
STATE 48%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 13% larger than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
4%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
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
15.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
9.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
11.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 11% 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 SciTech Academy Charter School
SciTech Academy Charter School's state test result (11.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SciTech Academy Charter School this school | 342 | 100.0% | 11.0% |
| Midway Star Academy SAINT PAUL | 393 | 99.7% | 25.0% |
| Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ SAINT CLOUD | 266 | 97.4% | 28.2% |
| SET Academy Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 463 | 96.5% | 42.2% |
| Rochester Math & Science Elementary ROCHESTER | 322 | 93.2% | 28.4% |
| New Century School SAINT PAUL | 367 | 92.6% | 20.3% |
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 SciTech Academy Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #819 of 844 | #155 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #818 of 844 | #156 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #811 of 844 | #149 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #581 of 1,130 | #127 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #321 of 769 | #65 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.0% | #787 of 796 | #163 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #1 of 942 | #1 of 183 |
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
342
+124 (+57%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 342 | 25.9 | 13.2:1 | 100% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 18 | 18.4:1 | 100% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 179 | 13 | 13.8:1 | 88% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 218 | 9 | 24.2:1 | 93% (202) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SciTech Academy Charter School.
About SciTech Academy Charter School
SciTech Academy Charter School sits in RICHFIELD, Minnesota, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend, and enrollment is 342 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Black students make up 98% of enrollment at SciTech Academy Charter School. For comparison, the population of Hennepin County is roughly 13% Black. SciTech Academy Charter School's diversity index is 4%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.2:1. That is close to the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. That is 57 points above the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County.
allk12 grades SciTech Academy Charter School a D. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, SciTech Academy Charter School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
In the county around the school, Hennepin County, the median household income is $97,653, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Hennepin County is home to 496 public schools and about 177,509 public school students.
The nearest other public school, PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC., is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, SciTech Academy Charter School is 6th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
SciTech Academy Charter School enrolled 218 in 2020-21 and 342 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. Students per teacher fell from 24.2 in 2020-21 to 13.2 in 2024-25.
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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
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- RICHFIELD SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,183 students
- RICHFIELD MIDDLEMiddle · 808 students
- RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOLElementary · 604 students
- RICHFIELD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOLElementary · 529 students
- PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.Elementary · 515 students
- SHERIDAN HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 406 students
Nearby schools
- PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.0.2 mi · 515
- RICHFIELD SENIOR HIGH0.6 mi · 1,183
- CENTRAL EDUCATION CENTER0.8 mi · 86
- Central Education Center PreK0.8 mi · 67
- Windom Elementary0.9 mi · 369
- Richfield College Experience Prg1.0 mi · 84
Frequently asked questions
About SciTech Academy Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at SciTech Academy Charter School?
SciTech Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 342 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does SciTech Academy Charter School serve?
SciTech Academy Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SciTech Academy Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SciTech Academy Charter School is approximately 13.2:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SciTech Academy Charter School?
At SciTech Academy Charter School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 98% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees SciTech Academy Charter School?
SciTech Academy Charter School is overseen by SciTech Academy Charter School in Hennepin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.