MINNESOTA EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY INC
Minnesota Early Learning Academy Inc (doing business as Minnesota Excellence in Learning Academy, MELA) exists to educate, empower, and inspire young learners through a community-rooted, family-centered approach that fosters a genuine love of learning from the first day of school.
About MINNESOTA EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY INC
Minnesota Early Learning Academy Inc operates Minnesota Excellence in Learning Academy (MELA), a tuition-free public charter elementary school in Maple Grove, Minnesota serving pre-kindergarten through grade 6. The school emphasizes a community-driven model that partners families, teachers, and local organizations to provide personalized learning and family engagement. In recent years MELA has served roughly 200+ students (school-year reporting in 2023–2025 indicates enrollment in the ~200–230 range), operates a school-readiness/prekindergarten program, and participates in the Community Eligibility/meal program that supports access to school meals for students. Financially, the organization reported annual revenues and operations at a multi-million-dollar scale and sustained a high program spending ratio, reflecting a focus on classroom and student services.
Notable achievements
Established and operating as a charter school
Opened as a tuition-free public charter elementary (PreK–6) and continuously operated since opening, establishing a local neighborhood K–6 option.
Enrollment scale and school-readiness services
Serves approximately 200+ students and maintains a school-based preschool/Pre-K program and supports families with school-readiness services.
Sustained program investment
In recent fiscal filings the organization reported multi-million dollar annual revenues while maintaining a high program expense ratio, indicating most resources are directed to student programs and instruction.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $2.9M
- Annual revenue
- $3.9M
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)School
- EIN
- 46-4017902
- Location
- Maple Grove, MN
- Website
- www.melaschool.org
- On Mahalo since
- September 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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