High Schools in STEP Academy

STEP Academy contains a single listed high school: STEP Academy Charter School, a grades 6–12 campus at 835 5th St E in Saint Paul serving 366 students, with a student-teacher ratio of 22.8 and 92.08% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Because it is the only high school in the STEP Academy listing, all comparisons here are the school against its district and the state rather than against other local high schools.

The school's strongest results are in completion and reading. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 95.3%, well above the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate was 1.5% versus the state's 4.2%. Reading is the top academic subject: all-grade reading reached 40.4%, above the district's 35.1%, and 10th-grade reading hit 47.8% — ahead of both the district's 40.6% and the state's 42.5%. Eighth-grade reading (45.2%) also beat the district. In addition, the school's statewide rank climbed from 415 of 476 (13th percentile, 1 star) in 2022–2023 to 245 of 480 (49th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024, holding near that level at 246 of 473 (48th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026.

Math is the clearest concern: all-grade math proficiency was 7.9%, far below the district's 13.8% and the state's 44.9%. Every reported math grade trails the state by more than 20 percentage points, and 7th-grade math is just 3.8%. Science is mixed — end-of-course science was 26.1%, above the district but below the state's 35.0%, while 8th-grade science was only 4.8%. Proficiency also slipped from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three subjects, with science dropping the most. Families should note that some district figures match the school exactly, suggesting district data may cover a different grade span.