Prodeo Academy

Prodeo Academy is a Minnesota network of six schools — four elementary and two middle — serving students from PK through grade 8 across Columbia Heights and St. Paul, with 1,116 students and no high schools.

For parents comparing campuses, the sharpest divide is between St. Paul and Columbia Heights. Prodeo Academy St. Paul Middle is the standout: 224 of 546, 59th percentile, 3 stars, 51.5% Math, 38.6% Reading, 9.3% Science. Prodeo Academy St. Paul Elementary ranks 591 of 869, 32nd percentile, 2 stars, improving 27th→29th→32nd percentile, with 48.9% Math and 33.0% Reading. By contrast, Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle ranks 489 of 546, 10th percentile, 1 star, with 14.2% Math, 21.3% Reading, 1.5% Science; Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary ranks 781 of 869, 10th percentile, 1 star, with 20.9% Math, 24.1% Reading, 3.0% Science. The district is at 30.4% Math, 28.1% Reading, 4.8% Science; the state is at 44.9% Math, 48.6% Reading, 25.5% Science. The PK–1 schools, Prodeo Columbia Heights Primary and Prodeo Academy St. Paul Primary, have no current MCA results, so their older ranks should not be treated as current academic measures.

Across the network, Reading is a shared weakness: no school reaches the state average of 48.6%, and the highest is 38.6% at Prodeo Academy St. Paul Middle. Science is most severe, from 1.5% at Prodeo Columbia Heights Middle to 9.3% at Prodeo Academy St. Paul Middle, far below the state’s 25.5%. High poverty does not fully explain the differences: all schools have FRL above 88%, and St. Paul Middle has the highest at 96.18% yet the strongest outcomes, while Columbia Heights Middle has a lower 89.00% but weaker proficiency. Student/teacher ratios show no simple pattern: Columbia Heights Elementary has the lowest at 7.8 but remains at the 10th percentile; Columbia Heights Middle has the highest at 13.2; St. Paul Middle has 10.0 and the best outcomes. Grade configurations differ—St. Paul Middle includes 5th grade while Columbia Heights Middle starts at 6th, and St. Paul Elementary ends at 4th while Columbia Heights Elementary ends at 5th—so comparisons should account for those differences.