The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in Science. The lowest is 48% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Excel Charter Academy
Excel Charter Academy is a single-school charter district in Kent County, Michigan, serving kindergarten through eighth grade in practice. The district is listed as serving kindergarten through twelfth, but enrollment in grades nine through twelve is zero, so families looking for a high school continuation here will not find one. The school operates as one building with roughly even grade-level cohorts from kindergarten through eighth, totaling just under eight hundred students. The student body is racially diverse, with Black and White students each making up roughly a third of enrollment, Hispanic students about a sixth, and smaller shares of Asian students and students identifying as two or more races. Information on free or reduced-price lunch, special education, and English learner populations was not available, so the picture of economic disadvantage and special populations is incomplete.
On Michigan's M-STEP and PSAT assessments for the 2024-25 school year, Excel Charter Academy shows a mixed but generally solid academic profile. In English language arts, the school's strongest results appear at the upper elementary and middle school levels. Fifth grade ELA proficiency is notably high, and eighth grade ELA stands out as the school's single best result, with a large majority of tested students reaching proficiency. Third and fourth grade ELA are moderate, and sixth grade dips to just under half proficient. Math follows a different pattern: third grade starts as the strongest math result, with more than half proficient, but scores gradually decline through the middle grades, and eighth grade math is the weakest result, with only two-fifths proficient. Science proficiency is steady across the two tested grades, with fifth grade slightly ahead of eighth. Social studies shows a sharp split, with fifth grade the lowest result across all subjects and grades, while eighth grade social studies is among the school's best.
Measured against Kent County's districts, Excel Charter Academy's overall proficiency sits above the midpoint, meaning its average proficiency rate across tested subjects and grades clears the county median by a comfortable margin. Its chronic absenteeism rate is in the top quartile among county districts, which is a real strength: students are showing up to school at a rate well below the county median. Per-pupil current spending falls in the lower range compared with neighboring districts, which may reflect the leaner budget structure typical of charter schools, though the data alone does not explain the cause. A four-year graduation rate is not reported because the school has no students enrolled in the high school grades, so that metric does not apply. No participation rate data was available for any tested grade or subject, which limits the ability to judge how fully the student body was assessed.
The search for recent district-level changes turned up little of lasting impact. No referendums, curriculum overhauls, tax shifts, or other structural changes surfaced in publicly reported sources, so there is nothing in that category to weigh here. Program offerings such as AP courses, career pathways, or dual-credit opportunities were not provided, and given that the school does not operate a high school, those offerings would not be expected. Civil rights data covering discipline, course access, and related topics was not available.
No locale brief was provided for the surrounding community, so housing values, rental costs, and community context cannot be described here. A parent considering Excel Charter Academy would want to look further into the school's approach to middle-grade math, where proficiency tapers off, and ask how the school supports the transition from elementary to upper grades. The strong attendance pattern and above-midday academic standing suggest a school where students come to class and perform reasonably well, particularly in reading and science, with room to grow in mathematics at the upper levels.
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