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Enrollment
416
Elementary
STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·URBAN ACADEMY·NCES 270035304173
Urban Academy
1668 MONTREAL AVE, SAINT PAUL, MN 55116 · (651) 215-9419 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
34 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
411 students
STATE 48%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 209% larger than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
25%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
38.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
34.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 12% 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 21 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 Urban Academy
Urban Academy's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Academy this school | 416 | 98.8% | 32.9% |
| HOPE Community Academy Elementary SAINT PAUL | 434 | 89.2% | 15.6% |
| Sejong Academy Lower School MAPLEWOOD | 196 | 85.2% | 27.7% |
| Community School of Excellence Elem SAINT PAUL | 696 | 85.1% | 22.5% |
| New Millennium Academy Charter BROOKLYN CENTER | 845 | 81.9% | 21.7% |
| Hmong College Prep Academy ES SAINT PAUL | 988 | 85.9% | 17.5% |
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 Urban Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #638 of 844 | #40 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #640 of 844 | #36 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #594 of 844 | #38 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #448 of 1,130 | #44 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #207 of 769 | #32 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #632 of 796 | #75 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #9 of 942 | #4 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.1% | #42 of 244 | #9 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
416
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
+61% since 2010-11, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 416 | 34 | 12.2:1 | 99% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 100% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 100% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 100% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 22 | 15.0:1 | 98% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 281 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 100% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 259 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 98% (253) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Urban Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (330 to 416); teachers up 55% (22 to 34).
About Urban Academy
Urban Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, administered by Urban Academy. Its 416 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 21% above the 344 average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Urban Academy enrolls a student body that is 86% Asian. After that, the student body is 10% Black. Census figures show Ramsey County is about 15% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Urban Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
Federal staffing data show 34 full-time-equivalent teachers at Urban Academy and a ratio of 12.2:1. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 99% of students. The rate at public schools in Ramsey County averages 57%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Urban Academy a B. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Urban Academy beats its 11.9% prediction with 32.9%, a top-10% result in Minnesota.
County data help place the school in context: in Ramsey County, median household income is about $81,568, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The public schools of Ramsey County number 302 and enroll about 94,437.
The shortest distance from Urban Academy to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Highland Park Middle School. The five-mile area around Urban Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Urban Academy ranks 6th on proficiency.
Federal data place Urban Academy in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Urban Academy is a publicly funded charter school.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 5%, from 437 to 416. By 2024-25, the school had 12.2 students per teacher, compared with 16.8 in 2020-21.
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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
- Harding Senior HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Highland Park Senior HighHigh · 1,392 students
- Johnson Senior HighHigh · 1,076 students
- Capitol Hill Magnet/RondoElementary · 1,066 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Park Middle School0.1 mi · 811
- Early Ed Highland0.1 mi · 16
- Highland Park Elementary0.1 mi · 406
- Highland Park Senior High0.2 mi · 1,392
- Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy0.8 mi · 431
- St. Paul Northern Lights Secondary0.8 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About Urban AcademyHow large is Urban Academy?
Urban Academy enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Urban Academy serve?
Urban Academy serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Urban Academy have?
Urban Academy employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Urban Academy?
Student demographics at Urban Academy are roughly 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 10% Black, 86% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Urban Academy public or private?
Urban Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Urban Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.