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High School For Recording Arts

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At a glance

445^thof 458 Minnesota districts▼ 42

Better than 2% of Minnesota districts

High 2Grades 9-12

1166 University Ave W
Saint Paul, MN 55104-4169·(651) 287-0890·All Minnesota district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 2.8% of districts

Schools

181

Students

Top rankedHigh School For Recording Arts455^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Summary:

The High School For Recording Arts area in Saint Paul, Minnesota contains a single school: High School For Recording Arts, a high school serving grades 9–12 with 181 students at 1166 University Ave. It operates as its own district, so every district-level figure in the data is identical to the school's figure — there are no other schools to compare it against.

Academically, the school ranks near the bottom statewide. Its current rank is 445 out of 458 (3rd percentile, 0 stars), and recent rank history is similar: 4th percentile with 0 stars in 2025–2026, 3rd percentile with 0 stars in 2023–2024, and 14th percentile with 1 star in 2024–2025 — its strongest recent year, though that gain did not hold. Test proficiency is far below state averages in every subject where results are available. In 2025–2026, Math was reported at 0% for All Grades and 0% for 11th Grade, versus state rates of 44.9% and 35.3%; Reading was 9.1% for All Grades and 9.1% for 10th Grade, versus 48.6% and 42.5%. Science results are suppressed for the school and district in both years, so that subject cannot be evaluated — it should be treated as unknown, not as a zero. In 2024–2025, Math was 8.33% and Reading 29.41%, both well below state averages, and Reading fell sharply in 2025–2026, though the exam label also changed from MCA-III to MCA-IV, so that comparison should be read cautiously.

Outcomes and context matter for interpretation. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 34.2% against a state rate of 84.9%, and the dropout rate was 8.5% against a state rate of 4.2%. Enrollment is 91.71% free or reduced-price lunch, indicating very high economic disadvantage. With only 181 students across grades 9–12, tested groups are small, which can amplify year-to-year swings and make privacy suppressions more likely. The 2024–2025 ranking year stands out as the one relative bright spot, but overall the data show a small, high-poverty school with low graduation, elevated dropout, and very low proficiency in the available Math and Reading results.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)		MCA-IV Science (2026)		MCA-III Math (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
High School For Recording Arts	Public, Charter	9-12	1166 University Ave	Saint Paul	55104	Ramsey County	High School For Recording Arts	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 287-0890	181	11	16.3	91.7%	6 (3.3%)	132 (72.9%)	18 (9.9%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (12.7%)	6	455^th of 473 public high schools	3.8%		16.3	389^th of 450 public high schools	13.6%	66	9.1	9.1			0.0	0.0	$21,455
HSRA Online	Public, Charter	9-12	1166 University Ave W	Saint Paul	55104	Ramsey County	High School For Recording Arts	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(651) 287-0890	0																		(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Saint Paul Public Schools	0.09 mi	89	346^th
Delta Academy of Technology & Innov	0.55 mi	2
Higher Ground Academy	0.57 mi	3	314^th
The Journey School	0.7 mi	3	456^th
Career Pathways	1.03 mi	1	437^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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