Summary:
The Minnesota Math and Science Academy area is served by a single high school, MMSA Secondary School, which enrolls 327 students in grades 6 through 12 at 169 Jenks Ave in Saint Paul and belongs to the Minnesota Math and Science Academy district. Because it is the only high school in this area, there is no peer school to compare it against, so its results are best read alongside its district's and Minnesota's statewide averages.
The clearest strengths are the completion metrics. MMSA Secondary School reported an 88.2% graduation rate for 2024–2025, above the state's 84.9%, and a 2.9% dropout rate, below the state's 4.2%. Reading also improved year over year, rising from 21.58% in 2024–2025 to 27.9% in 2025–2026. Among grade levels, 8th grade posted the strongest results, including 38% reading proficiency — the highest grade-level score in the data, though still 12 points below the state.
Academic proficiency remains the main concern. In 2025–2026, all-grades proficiency was 11.7% in math (44.9% statewide), 27.9% in reading (48.6% statewide), and 4.9% in science (25.5% statewide). Eleventh-grade math proficiency was 0% at both the school and district levels, compared with 35.3% statewide. The school ranked 445 of 473 in 2025–2026, placing it in the 6th percentile, and it has earned 0 stars in each of the three reported years with no upward trend. Context matters too: 99.08% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 21.6.
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