Enrollment
78
High
STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL·NCES 270036104105
ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL
60 MARIE AVE E, WEST SAINT PAUL, MN 55118 · (651) 457-7427 · Dakota County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL78 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Minnesota public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
5.8:1
13 FTE teachers
STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
22 students
STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 11 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 12 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 23 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 32 | 41% |
Student demographics
70%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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
36.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
5.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL
ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 78 | 28.2% | 26.2% |
| Secondary Technical Ed Prog S.T.E.P ANOKA | 83 | 33.7% | N/A |
| Lionsgate Academy - Shoreview SHOREVIEW | 189 | 28.6% | 29.3% |
| AVALON SCHOOL SAINT PAUL | 182 | 25.3% | 57.1% |
| Lionsgate Academy - Minnetonka MINNETONKA | 150 | 30.0% | 35.2% |
| ELLSWORTH SECONDARY ELLSWORTH | 60 | 31.7% | 39.2% |
Matched among Minnesota high 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 ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 78 | #487 of 764 | #23 of 38 |
Ranked against other public high 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
78
-11 (-12%) vs 2020
+34% since 2010-11, when it was 58
Student : Teacher
5.8:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 78 | 13.4 | 5.8:1 | 28% (22) |
| 2023-24 | 103 | 10.1 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 104 | 11.8 | 8.8:1 | 24% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 89 | 8 | 11.1:1 | 21% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 98 | 7.9 | 12.4:1 | 33% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 94 | 7 | 13.4:1 | 50% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 58 | 4 | 14.5:1 | 10% (6) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (98 to 78); teachers up 70% (7.9 to 13.4).
About ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL
ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is a high school located in WEST SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, in Dakota County. The school has 78 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in Minnesota have about 371 students on average; enrollment here is 79% lower.
ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
White students make up 46% of enrollment at ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. Next come 19% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 14% multiracial. That compares with about 74% White among all Dakota County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
There are 13.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 5.8:1. Across high schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is 16.3:1. Of all students at ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, 28% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Minnesota public high schools, ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL outscored 9%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota schools: 26.2% actual against 49.9% predicted.
Looking at the county, Dakota County, the median household earns about $106,318 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Dakota County has 170 public schools with about 74,687 students, including ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL.
The closest school to ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is 917 DCALS North, located about 0.2 miles away. ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL as a charter school.
The school shrank from 89 students in 2020-21 to 78 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.1:1 to 5.8:1.
This page is set up for the ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
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- Early Learning Resource CenterElementary · 187 students
- 917 DCALS NorthHigh · 54 students
- Early Learning and Family ResourceElementary · 31 students
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- 917 DCALS North0.2 mi · 54
- BRANCH OUT TRANSITIONAL SERVICES0.2 mi · 29
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- GARLOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNET0.6 mi · 414
- Early Learning and Family Resource0.8 mi · 31
- Early Learning Resource Center0.8 mi · 187
Frequently asked questions
About ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOLHow large is ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL?
ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 78 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL have?
ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 5.8:1.
How diverse is ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL?
ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 46% White, 19% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL?
ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by ACADEMIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL in Dakota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.