Excell Academy for Higher Learning

Excell Academy for Higher Learning has a love for children and a belief that every child can and will learn.

Excell Academy has proven itself as a high-quality charter school that is "Beating the Odds" and reducing the achievement gap!  

Founded in 2001, Excell Academy for Higher Learning serves Pre-K to 8th-grade college-aspiring students with the promise to prepare them for higher education and positive productive citizenship.

Excell Academy delivers a rigorous, values-based, “whole-child,” equity-in-education success path that: 

• builds authentic relationships between our staff, students, and families
• is culturally responsive, relevant, and inclusive 
• offers social-emotional learning and supports with behavioral restorative practices to develop positive learning behavior and a strong and balanced mindset 
• offers individualized interventions and/or enrichment while continuously monitoring progress and achievement  
• creates empowered critical thinkers who are socially responsible.

Excell is blessed with a strong, dedicated staff and long tenure of a significant portion of our teachers. Since 2020, the Minnesota Department of Education has been awarded Excell “High-Quality Charter School” status.  We are proud that our students outperform other schools with similar demographics across Minnesota.  

Excell Academy has annually earned the “School Finance Award” for fiscal performance from the MN Department of Education since 2008. 

Kitchen Campaign: How can you help make a difference

We are asking you to help spread the good news about Excell Academy and invite your friends, family, and network to be supporters of Excell Academy. Our campaign goal is to raise $20,000 toward the cost of upgrading and expanding our kitchen to serve tasty healthy meals for our students.

Your donations will help provide hot, fresh, delicious meals to support healthy, vibrant, and brilliant students!

Thank you in advance for your generosity!