Summary:
There is one middle school in the Community School of Excellence district in Minnesota: Community School of Excellence - Middle School, which serves grades 5–8 and enrolls 560 students in Saint Paul. The district is ranked 392 of 458 in the state, and 84.82% of students receive free or reduced lunch, indicating a heavily economically disadvantaged student population.
The school improved in all three tested subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26: math rose from 25.93% to 30.1%, reading from 28.77% to 32.2%, and science from 7.61% to 12.8%. Still, it remains below Minnesota averages in every subject overall. The clearest success is 8th grade math, where 55.8% of students were proficient versus 42.3% statewide — 13.5 points above the state and far above the school’s 5th, 6th, and 7th grade math results. 8th grade science is the closest below-state result, only 3.6 points behind. Reading has the highest absolute school score (32.2%) but the largest gap to state (-16.4 points). The biggest weaknesses are 6th grade reading (23.0 points below state) and 6th grade math (22.8 points below state). The school outperforms the district in all-grade math and reading and matches it in science. The reported student-teacher ratio of 197.8 is almost certainly a data error and should be verified.
The school’s rank improved from 396 of 519 in 2024–2025 (24th percentile, 1 star) to 374 of 546 in 2025–2026 (32nd percentile, 2 stars). That is meaningful momentum, though the school remains in the bottom third of Minnesota middle schools. Notable positives include the strong 8th grade math result and year-over-year gains across all subjects, especially given the high economic disadvantage. Main concerns are very low science proficiency and large gaps in 6th and 7th grade reading and math.
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