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Enrollment
720
High
STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY·NCES 270016703035
MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY
8430 WOODBURY CROSSING, WOODBURY, MN 55125 · (651) 578-7507 · Washington County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL720 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Minnesota public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
17.7:1
41 FTE teachers
STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
71 students
STATE 48%
Community
5
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 6 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 82 | 11% |
Student demographics
72%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
80.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
71.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 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 MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY
MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY's state test result (73.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY this school | 720 | 9.9% | 73.1% |
| Nova Classical Academy Upper School SAINT PAUL | 556 | 20.9% | 72.7% |
| EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL WOODBURY | 2,072 | 14.6% | 59.6% |
| WAYZATA HIGH PLYMOUTH | 3,781 | 16.4% | 76.5% |
| Woodbury High School WOODBURY | 1,943 | 18.8% | 58.9% |
| Mounds View Senior High ARDEN HILLS | 1,833 | 16.2% | 62.6% |
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 MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #4 of 397 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #5 of 401 | #1 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #2 of 397 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 720 | #124 of 764 | #8 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #198 of 332 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #24 of 338 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.9% | #442 of 444 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +40.6% | #18 of 181 | #2 of 8 |
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
720
+177 (+33%) vs 2020
+241% since 2000-01, when it was 211
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 720 | 40.8 | 17.7:1 | 10% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 663 | 38.2 | 17.4:1 | 8% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 35.3 | 17.2:1 | 9% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 543 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 31.6 | 16.2:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 20 | 17.7:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2000-01 | 211 | 13 | 16.2:1 | 2% (5) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY.
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (512 to 720); teachers up 29% (31.6 to 40.8).
About MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY
WOODBURY, Minnesota, is home to MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY, a high-enrollment high school. A federal count lists 720 students at the school, in grades 6 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Minnesota) has about 371 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY. The largest is White students, at 32%. Other students are 30% Asian, 29% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. That is lower than the 78% White share among all Washington County residents. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota. Eligible students account for 10% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Washington County is 26%.
allk12 grades MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY an A+. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 73.1%, is 13.3 points above the 59.8% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Minnesota schools.
Federal survey data for Washington County show that the median household income is $115,345, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Washington County is home to 103 public schools and about 46,313 public school students.
The closest other public school is LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY's average proficiency of 73.1% compares with 59.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY is run as a public charter school.
Federal data show a 33% enrollment rise, from 543 in 2020-21 to 720 in 2024-25.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,238
Census ACS
Median income
$115,345
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
46,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WOODBURY
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- Woodbury High SchoolHigh · 1,943 students
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,165 students
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,160 students
- LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 801 students
- Valley Crossing ElementaryElementary · 734 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,165
- MIDDLETON ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 557
- RED ROCK ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 596
- ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 451
- Woodbury High School1.3 mi · 1,943
- Valley Crossing Elementary1.5 mi · 734
Frequently asked questions
About MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMYHow many students attend MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY?
MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY enrolls approximately 720 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY serve?
MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY is approximately 17.7:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY?
MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY reports a student body of 32% White, 3% Hispanic, 29% Black, 30% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY in?
MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY is part of MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.