Enrollment
291
Middle
DISTRICT 211 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRODEO ACADEMY·NCES 270038005319
Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle
4141 UNIVERSITY AVE NE, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN 55421 · (763) 205-9950 · Anoka County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
259 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 74 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 24% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
25.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
15.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle
Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle this school | 291 | 89.0% | 18.0% |
| Hennepin Schools Upper Campus MINNEAPOLIS | 207 | 96.1% | 21.9% |
| Anwatin Middle MINNEAPOLIS | 334 | 79.0% | 9.1% |
| Franklin Middle MINNEAPOLIS | 254 | 83.5% | 9.8% |
| Brooklyn Center Middle School BROOKLYN CENTER | 334 | 82.3% | 8.0% |
| Olson Middle MINNEAPOLIS | 329 | 76.6% | 9.4% |
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 Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #229 of 245 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #222 of 245 | #10 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #227 of 245 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #190 of 306 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #17 of 210 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #101 of 216 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #8 of 252 | #1 of 11 |
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
291
+105 (+56%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 26.6:1
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 | 291 | 22 | 13.2:1 | 89% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 26 | 10.6:1 | 88% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 17 | 16.5:1 | 89% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 186 | 7 | 26.6:1 | 80% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle.
About Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle
Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle is a small middle school with an address in COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minnesota. Enrolled students number 291 students, in grades 5 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Minnesota average about 495 students each.
Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle sits within Prodeo Academy, which has 6 schools and 1,116 students.
By race and ethnicity, Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle is 66% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. In Anoka County overall, about 9% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
The count of teachers at Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle is 22 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.2:1. Among middle schools in Minnesota, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The school counts 259 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 89%. For comparison, public schools in Anoka County average 42%.
allk12 grades Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle a C. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Minnesota, Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 18.0% actual against a predicted 17.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Anoka County, median household income is about $101,869, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Anoka County number 145 and enroll about 59,656.
The nearest other public school, Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle. On state test proficiency, Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle ranks 4th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large). Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Federal data put enrollment at 186 in 2020-21 and 291 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Students per teacher fell from 26.6 in 2020-21 to 13.2 in 2024-25.
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Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Prodeo Academy
- Prodeo Columbia Heights ElementaryElementary · 227 students
- Prodeo Columbia Heights PrimaryElementary · 218 students
- Prodeo Academy St. Paul ElementaryElementary · 133 students
- Prodeo Academy St. Paul MiddleMiddle · 131 students
- Prodeo Academy St. Paul PrimaryElementary · 116 students
Other schools in COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
- Columbia Heights Senior HighHigh · 1,141 students
- Columbia AcademyMiddle · 719 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 568 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Bultum AcademyElementary · 249 students
- Prodeo Columbia Heights ElementaryElementary · 227 students
Nearby schools
- Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary0.0 mi · 227
- Prodeo Columbia Heights Primary0.0 mi · 218
- Valley View Elementary1.0 mi · 568
- Columbia Academy Anchor Program1.0 mi · 6
- Columbia Academy1.0 mi · 719
- Bultum Academy1.2 mi · 249
Frequently asked questions
About Prodeo Columbia Heights MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle?
Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle serve?
Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle is approximately 13.2:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle?
At Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle, the student body is approximately 3% White, 26% Hispanic, 66% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle public or private?
Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Prodeo Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.