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Enrollment
393
Elementary
STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDWAY STAR ACADEMY·NCES 270026303320
Midway Star Academy
1091 SNELLING AVENUE NORTH, SAINT PAUL, MN 55108 · (651) 642-0667 · Ramsey County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
20 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
392 students
STATE 48%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (41).
Student demographics
1%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
34.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
21.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 11% 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 14 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 Midway Star Academy
Midway Star Academy's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway Star Academy this school | 393 | 99.7% | 25.0% |
| SciTech Academy Charter School RICHFIELD | 342 | 100.0% | 11.0% |
| SET Academy Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 463 | 96.5% | 42.2% |
| Universal Academy Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 411 | 92.7% | 43.0% |
| New Century School SAINT PAUL | 367 | 92.6% | 20.3% |
| Rochester Math & Science Elementary ROCHESTER | 322 | 93.2% | 28.4% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary 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 Midway Star Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #717 of 844 | #51 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #744 of 844 | #61 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #662 of 844 | #42 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #493 of 1,130 | #52 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #758 of 769 | #81 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.0% | #793 of 796 | #86 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #4 of 942 | #2 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +51.7% | #14 of 244 | #4 of 27 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
393
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 289
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 35.5:1
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 | 393 | 20.2 | 19.5:1 | 100% (392) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 17 | 24.8:1 | 99% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 23.5 | 17.7:1 | 95% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 11 | 35.5:1 | 99% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 259 | 29.5 | 8.8:1 | 100% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 29 | 10.8:1 | 93% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 289 | 15 | 19.3:1 | 99% (286) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Midway Star Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 52% (259 to 393); teachers down 32% (29.5 to 20.2).
About Midway Star Academy
Midway Star Academy, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. The school counted 393 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 8.
Midway Star Academy is its own local education agency in federal data.
The share of Black students at Midway Star Academy is 99%. The school's Black share is 87 points above the 12% share among Ramsey County residents. The diversity index for Midway Star Academy is 1%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 392 students, or 100%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 57% for public schools in Ramsey County.
On the allk12 Grade, Midway Star Academy lands at B-, ahead of 45% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 11.4% for Midway Star Academy, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 25.0%. The 13.5-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Ramsey County show that the median household earns about $81,568 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Ramsey County has 302 public schools with about 94,437 students, including Midway Star Academy.
Hmong College Prep Academy MS sits about 0.2 miles from Midway Star Academy. Midway Star Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 25.0%, lower than Midway Star Academy's 25.0%.
The NCES locale for Midway Star Academy is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Midway Star Academy is run as a public charter school.
Enrollment went from 390 in 2020-21 to 393 in 2024-25, a change of 3 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 35.5:1 to 19.5:1.
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Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAINT PAUL
- Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12High · 3,536 students
- Central Senior HighHigh · 1,682 students
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- Highland Park Senior HighHigh · 1,392 students
- Johnson Senior HighHigh · 1,076 students
- Capitol Hill Magnet/RondoElementary · 1,066 students
Nearby schools
- Hmong College Prep Academy MS0.2 mi · 724
- HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY HS0.2 mi · 791
- Hmong College Prep Academy ES0.2 mi · 988
- HGA Secondary0.3 mi · 442
- NCS Online Program0.6 mi · 23
- New Century School Secondary0.6 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Midway Star AcademyHow many students attend Midway Star Academy?
Midway Star Academy enrolls approximately 393 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Midway Star Academy serve?
Midway Star Academy serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Midway Star Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Midway Star Academy is approximately 19.5:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Midway Star Academy?
Midway Star Academy reports a student body of 0% White, 99% Black.
Is Midway Star Academy public or private?
Midway Star Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Midway Star Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.