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Columbia Academy

900 49TH AVE NE, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN 55421 · (763) 528-4701 · Anoka County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL719 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Minnesota public middle schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
719
Middle
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 495
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
566 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 623032%
Grade 723733%
Grade 825235%
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 60% · US 70%
White
8312%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
39555%
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
17725%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 12% · US 15%
Asian
223%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 7% · US 6%
Two+
385%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 2% · US 1%
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
Male
37152%
Female
34848%

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Test scores

MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds Standards
English Language Arts
21.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
13.1%
MN avg 45.3%

What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.

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 Columbia Academy

Columbia Academy's state test result (15.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Columbia Academy this school71978.7%15.7%
VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE
BLOOMINGTON
64773.1%21.4%
Andersen Middle
MINNEAPOLIS
1,05270.8%21.5%
WORTHINGTON MIDDLE
WORTHINGTON
66469.7%28.2%
FARIBAULT MIDDLE
FARIBAULT
59469.4%19.5%
Willmar Middle School
WILLMAR
84262.7%38.1%
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 Columbia Academy ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MinnesotaIn Anoka County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
15.7%#231 of 245#11 of 11
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
13.1%#227 of 245#11 of 11
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
21.4%#229 of 245#11 of 11
Enrollment
ranked largest first
719#98 of 306#9 of 14
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.3:1#122 of 210#6 of 11
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
62.1%#68 of 216#5 of 11
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
78.7%#23 of 252#2 of 11
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-9.1%#81 of 129#5 of 6
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 2024-25
Enrollment
719
+23 (+3%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2571941.617.3:179% (566)
2023-2471536.219.8:181% (581)
2022-2366438.417.3:184% (557)
2020-216964515.5:179% (552)
2017-1879143.218.3:179% (621)
2015-167094416.1:181% (573)
2010-116053616.8:175% (456)
2000-016774415.4:136% (247)
1990-917074715.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbia Academy.

Since 2017-18: students down 9% (791 to 719); teachers down 4% (43.2 to 41.6).

About Columbia Academy

Federal records list Columbia Academy as a middle-grades school in COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minnesota. It enrolls 719 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. It has 45% more students than the average for middle schools in Minnesota (about 495).

Columbia Heights Public School Dist counts 3,516 students in its 10 schools, and Columbia Academy is one of them.

More than half of enrollment at Columbia Academy is Hispanic: 55%. Enrollment also includes 25% Black, 12% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 49 points above the 6% share among Anoka County residents. The diversity index for Columbia Academy is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

The school's 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. That is in line with the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. Income data for the school show 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Anoka County average 42%.

On the allk12 Grade, Columbia Academy lands at D, ahead of 9% of Minnesota public middle schools.

In Minnesota, Columbia Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 15.7% actual against a predicted 22.8%.

American Community Survey estimates for Anoka County show that median household income comes to about $101,869, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Anoka County counts 145 public schools with about 59,656 students.

Columbia Academy Anchor Program is less than a tenth of a mile from Columbia Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Columbia Academy is 3rd on average proficiency.

Columbia Academy falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment was 719 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 696. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.5:1 to 17.3:1 over the same years.

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Anoka County at a glance

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Population
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students

Quick facts

School name
Columbia Academy
District
Columbia Heights Public School Dist
Address
900 49TH AVE NE, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN 55421
Phone
(763) 528-4701
County
Anoka County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
719
Teachers (FTE)
42
Student–teacher ratio
17.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
566 (79%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
270951000395
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other Columbia Academy schools

One other US public school is named Columbia Academy. Columbia Academy is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Columbia Academy
How many students attend Columbia Academy?
Columbia Academy enrolls approximately 719 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Columbia Academy serve?
Columbia Academy serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Columbia Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Columbia Academy is approximately 17.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Columbia Academy?
Columbia Academy reports a student body of 12% White, 55% Hispanic, 25% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Columbia Academy public or private?
Columbia Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Columbia Heights Public School Dist.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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