Great Oaks Academy

Great Oaks Academy is a tuition-free, Classical charter school in Farmington, MN. Our mission is to provide students with a classical, liberal arts education that is rigorous, literature-rich, wondrous, and virtuous.  

As a non-profit charter school, Great Oaks Academy receives general education funding from the state like other public schools. We also receive about 10% through federal programs. However, public charter schools are not able to raise funds from taxpayers using bond or levy referendums like conventional, district schools. As a result, the amount we receive per student is 30% less than traditional public schools.

Because of this financial gap, we rely upon fundraising to help us achieve our mission of becoming a K-12 charter school that serves the South Metro with high quality, classical, liberal arts education. These funds not only sustain current Academy expenses, but allow us to continue to deepen the programs we already offer and develop more programs to meet our community needs.

During the 2023 GTMD drive and throughout the academic year, our community showed up with overwhelming support of our G.O.A. (Growing Out and Accessibility) initiative. We raised close to $75,000 to support our food service and kitchen build-out, playground improvements and athletics and extracurricular programming.