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What's the one class at ROCHESTER MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY every student should take?
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Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 276 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY·NCES 270024703308
Rochester Math & Science Elementary
415 16TH ST SW, ROCHESTER, MN 55902 · (507) 252-5995 · Olmsted County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
15.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
300 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (42).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Rochester Math & Science Elementary→Rochester Math & Science Secondary
Based on grade levels within ROCHESTER MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
33.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
28.8%
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 29 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 15% 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 Rochester Math & Science Elementary
Rochester Math & Science Elementary's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Math & Science Elementary this school | 322 | 93.2% | 28.4% |
| New Century School SAINT PAUL | 367 | 92.6% | 20.3% |
| East African Magnet School SAINT PAUL | 296 | 92.9% | 13.6% |
| Universal Academy Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 411 | 92.7% | 43.0% |
| Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ SAINT CLOUD | 266 | 97.4% | 28.2% |
| Compass Academy BLOOMINGTON | 245 | 89.0% | 29.5% |
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 Rochester Math & Science Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Olmsted County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #685 of 844 | #19 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #693 of 844 | #20 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #670 of 844 | #18 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #604 of 1,130 | #20 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #581 of 769 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.6% | #795 of 796 | #24 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #21 of 942 | #1 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #473 of 499 | #15 of 17 |
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
322
-98 (-23%) vs 2020
+46% since 2010-11, when it was 220
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 46.7:1
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 | 322 | 20.9 | 15.4:1 | 93% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 12.7 | 32.9:1 | 99% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 12.7 | 32.5:1 | 100% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 9 | 46.7:1 | 99% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 15 | 21.8:1 | 95% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 13 | 24.8:1 | 94% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | 10 | 22.0:1 | 98% (216) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rochester Math & Science Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (327 to 322); teachers up 39% (15 to 20.9).
About Rochester Math & Science Elementary
Rochester Math & Science Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in ROCHESTER, Minnesota. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 322 students enrolled.
The 2 schools in ROCHESTER MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY enroll 552 students altogether, Rochester Math & Science Elementary among them.
At Rochester Math & Science Elementary, 100% of students are Black. For comparison, the population of Olmsted County is roughly 8% Black. The diversity index for Rochester Math & Science Elementary is 1%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is 13.7:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 93%. Among public schools in Olmsted County, the average eligibility rate is 35%.
Rochester Math & Science Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Rochester Math & Science Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in Minnesota. Predicted: 15.0%. Actual: 28.4%.
In Olmsted County, home to about 164,498 people, the median household earns about $95,406 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Rochester Math & Science Elementary shares Olmsted County with 71 other public schools.
The closest school to Rochester Math & Science Elementary is Rochester Math & Science Secondary, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
Rochester Math & Science Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size. Rochester Math & Science Elementary operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 23%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 46.7:1 in 2020-21, and 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Olmsted County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,498
Census ACS
Median income
$95,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
24,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROCHESTER MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY
- Rochester Math & Science SecondaryHigh · 230 students
- Rochester Math & Science OnlineHigh
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Nearby schools
- Rochester Math & Science Secondary0.0 mi · 230
- ROCHESTER STEM ACADEMY0.0 mi · 116
- Middle School Right Fit0.5 mi · 27
- Rochester Academy-Idp Living(RAIL)0.5 mi · 83
- Middle School ALC0.5 mi · 31
- Care & Treatment Hospital/Homebound0.6 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Rochester Math & Science ElementaryHow large is Rochester Math & Science Elementary?
Rochester Math & Science Elementary enrolls approximately 322 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Rochester Math & Science Elementary serve?
Rochester Math & Science Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Rochester Math & Science Elementary?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Rochester Math & Science Elementary.
How diverse is Rochester Math & Science Elementary?
Rochester Math & Science Elementary reports a student body of 100% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Rochester Math & Science Elementary?
Rochester Math & Science Elementary is overseen by ROCHESTER MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY in Olmsted County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.