Enrollment
125
Middle
DISTRICT 148 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ART AND SCIENCE ACADEMY·NCES 270039705095
Art & Science Academy Middle School
1005 7TH AVENUE COURT NE, ISANTI, MN 55040 · (763) 444-0039 · Isanti County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL125 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Minnesota public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
43 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 35 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 22% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
44.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
18.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% 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 Art & Science Academy Middle School
Art & Science Academy Middle School's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Science Academy Middle School this school | 125 | 34.4% | 28.6% |
| RUSHFORD-PETERSON MIDDLE RUSHFORD | 145 | 34.5% | 45.3% |
| Martin County West Junior High SHERBURN | 101 | 33.7% | 36.2% |
| Blooming Prairie Intermediate Schoo BLOOMING PRAIRIE | 138 | 34.8% | 41.4% |
| WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. MORRISTOWN | 105 | 30.5% | 43.2% |
| Southland Middle ADAMS | 107 | 38.3% | 34.0% |
Matched among Minnesota middle 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 Art & Science Academy Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #201 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #215 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #164 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 125 | #241 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.4% | #132 of 252 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
125
-31 (-20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 125 | 12.6 | 9.9:1 | 34% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 117 | 10 | 11.7:1 | 41% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 131 | 10.9 | 12.1:1 | 52% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 156 | 11 | 14.2:1 | 33% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 143 | 5.6 | 25.5:1 | 34% (48) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Art & Science Academy Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (143 to 125); teachers up 126% (5.6 to 12.6).
About Art & Science Academy Middle School
As a small middle-grades school, Art & Science Academy Middle School serves students in ISANTI, Minnesota. Classes run from 5 through 8, and the school has 125 students. The average for middle schools in Minnesota is about 495 students, so this school is 75% smaller than average.
Art & Science Academy Middle School reports to Art and Science Academy, which has 2 schools and 296 students.
The student body at Art & Science Academy Middle School is 86% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Art & Science Academy Middle School's diversity index is 25%, against a US figure of 70%.
Art & Science Academy Middle School's 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 9.9:1. On average, middle schools in Minnesota have 17.5:1, compared with 9.9:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 34%. For comparison, public schools in Isanti County average 35%.
allk12 grades Art & Science Academy Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Art & Science Academy Middle School posts 28.6% against a 46.6% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Minnesota.
Across Isanti County, the median household income is $87,440, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Isanti County is home to 24 public schools and about 6,086 public school students.
The closest public school, Art and Science Academy, is about 0.2 miles from Art & Science Academy Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, Art & Science Academy Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Art & Science Academy Middle School is Rural: Fringe. Art & Science Academy Middle School is one of the charter schools in Minnesota.
Over 4 years, Art & Science Academy Middle School's enrollment declined 20%, to 125. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.2 to 9.9 over 4 years.
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Isanti County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,596
Census ACS
Median income
$87,440
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
6,086 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Art and Science Academy
- Art and Science AcademyElementary · 171 students
Other schools in ISANTI
- Isanti Middle SchoolMiddle · 449 students
- Isanti Intermediate SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Isanti Primary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Art and Science AcademyElementary · 171 students
- Cambridge-Isanti STEAM SchoolElementary · 139 students
- Isanti Early Childhood Special EdElementary · 71 students
Nearby schools
- Art and Science Academy0.2 mi · 171
- Isanti Intermediate School1.0 mi · 422
- Cambridge-Isanti STEAM School1.0 mi · 139
- Moving Forward1.1 mi · 23
- Riverside Academy MLP1.1 mi · 3
- Riverside Academy IS1.1 mi · 34
Frequently asked questions
About Art & Science Academy Middle SchoolHow many students attend Art & Science Academy Middle School?
Art & Science Academy Middle School enrolls approximately 125 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Art & Science Academy Middle School serve?
Art & Science Academy Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Art & Science Academy Middle School have?
Art & Science Academy Middle School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
How diverse is Art & Science Academy Middle School?
Art & Science Academy Middle School reports a student body of 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Art & Science Academy Middle School?
Art & Science Academy Middle School is overseen by Art and Science Academy in Isanti County.
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