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AFSA Elementary

Public, Charter Grades PK, KG-6

781^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 10% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

AFSA Elementary is a public charter elementary school located in Little Canada, Minnesota, serving 143 students from kindergarten to 6th grade. The school is part of the Afsa High School District, which is ranked 352 out of 446 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

AFSA Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Minnesota elementary schools, with its academic performance significantly below the state averages in both math and reading across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 17.05% of AFSA Elementary students were proficient or better in math, compared to the state average of 45.21%. In reading, the school's proficiency rate was 26.14%, while the state average was 49.59%. The school's performance is particularly low for female students, white students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. AFSA Elementary has a high percentage of students from low-income families, with 65.03% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, which is significantly higher than the nearby schools.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Island Lake Elementary, Parkview Center School, and Williams Elementary, consistently outperform AFSA Elementary on academic measures, with proficiency rates that are 2-3 times higher in both math and reading. These schools also have higher overall rankings within the state, with several being rated 3-4 stars by SchoolDigger, compared to AFSA Elementary's 1-2 star ratings. The nearby schools generally have lower percentages of students from low-income families, which may contribute to their stronger academic performance.

149

Students ?

8.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,553

Per pupil spending ?

82.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2925 Country Drive
Little Canada, MN 55117-8888

(651) 209-3910

District: Afsa High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

47.0%

African American:

15.4%

Hispanic:

13.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 23rd percentile in 2021 → 10th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (22% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2021

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg27%

Minnesota avg47%

781^st of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 10%▼ down 13 pts since 2021

From bottom 23% (2021) to bottom 10% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

352^nd of 446Afsa High School among Minnesota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	11.2	781 of 872	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.1	736 of 881	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.9	583 of 845	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.3	686 of 858	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.0	668 of 869	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	7.7	745 of 799	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.9	777 of 809	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.2	765 of 799	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.7	693 of 783	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	12.1	710 of 764	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	24.4	646 of 793	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	620 of 774	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.6	582 of 663	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.7	520 of 683	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	14.8	710 of 812	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.1	604 of 826	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	49.3	446 of 799	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	52.7	428 of 808	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.4	586 of 784	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	8.4	698 of 714	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.4	719 of 730	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	29.6	564 of 712	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	655 of 725	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.4	689 of 710	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.3	684 of 722	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	28.6	584 of 712	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	36.4	352 of 529	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	17.5	441 of 520	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.2	430 of 521	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	28.1	396 of 523	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	24.7	364 of 455	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.0	371 of 443	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	36.0	306 of 459	33.3%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	43.3	270 of 464	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	20.3	366 of 437	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	31.1	323 of 436	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.3	387 of 438	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.1	407 of 422	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Male (2025)13th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)7th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)2nd percentile-8 vs school

Middle school

Male (2023)42nd percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)33rd percentile~ school

White (2023)26th percentile-8 vs school

Female (2023)20th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading26%-23 vs state

Math17%-28 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)							MCA-III Reading (2025)							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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
AFSA Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	2925 Country Drive	Little Canada	55117	Ramsey County	Afsa High School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 209-3910	149	17	8.7	82.6%	70 (47.0%)	23 (15.4%)	20 (13.4%)	14 (9.4%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (12.8%)	11.2	781^st of 872 public elementary schools	10.4%		18.1	736^th of 881 public elementary schools	16.5%	45	26.3	26.7	11.1	11.1			17.1	10.5	20.0	37.0	29.6			26.1	$17,553
Little Canada Elementary	Public	K-6	400 Eli Rd	Little Canada	55117	Ramsey County	Roseville Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 490-1353	632	44	14.4	57.3%	151 (23.9%)	68 (10.8%)	284 (44.9%)	88 (13.9%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.7%)	12.3	776^th of 872 public elementary schools	11.0%		14.5	763^rd of 881 public elementary schools	13.4%	13	24.7	20.2	11.5	19.1			19.1	13.4	26.0	28.7	37.1			26.0	$12,165
Harambee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	30 County Road B East	Maplewood	55117	Ramsey County	Roseville Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 379-2500	264	23	11.6	70.1%	51 (19.3%)	99 (37.5%)	29 (11.0%)	62 (23.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.7%)	11.1	783^rd of 872 public elementary schools	10.2%		11.2	782^nd of 881 public elementary schools	11.2%	1	34.5	11.6	11.5	17.7			18.2	27.6	18.2	26.9	26.5			24.1	$15,649
Central Park Elementary	Public	K-6	535 County Road B2 W	Roseville	55113	Ramsey County	Roseville Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 481-9951	411	29	14.1	69.3%	88 (21.4%)	94 (22.9%)	69 (16.8%)	127 (30.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.5%)	20	714^th of 872 public elementary schools	18.1%		18.8	730^th of 881 public elementary schools	17.1%	16	48.1	34.4	20.0	16.4			30.9	25.0	21.3	31.2	37.7			28.6	$13,814
Vadnais Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3645 Centerville Rd	White Bear Lake	55127	Ramsey County	White Bear Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 653-2858	405	26	15.5	42.7%	207 (51.1%)	43 (10.6%)	34 (8.4%)	76 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (10.9%)	66.5	303^rd of 872 public elementary schools	65.3%		62.5	347^th of 881 public elementary schools	60.6%	44	56.9	65.5	59.2				60.2	43.9	50.9	63.5				53.3	$13,451
Edgerton Elementary	Public	K-6	1929 Edgerton St	Maplewood	55117	Ramsey County	Roseville Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 772-2565	385	29	13.2	74.5%	55 (14.3%)	61 (15.8%)	53 (13.8%)	179 (46.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (9.6%)	37.3	588^th of 872 public elementary schools	32.6%		33.1	631^st of 881 public elementary schools	28.4%	43	49.1	41.1	31.5	34.7			38.8	38.2	32.1	40.7	47.2			40.1	$13,874
Parkview Center School	Public	PK, KG-8	701 County Road B W	Roseville	55113	Ramsey County	Roseville Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 487-4360	718	56	12.8	34.4%	337 (46.9%)	150 (20.9%)	55 (7.7%)	87 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (12.4%)	71.1	256^th of 872 public elementary schools	70.6%		65.6	309^th of 881 public elementary schools	64.9%	53	59.0	57.7	49.4	54.9	41.3	47.2	51.5	57.8	47.4	64.7	66.7	60.5	59.8	59.6	$13,773
Williams Elementary	Public	K-6	955 County Road D W	Shoreview	55126	Ramsey County	Roseville Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 482-8624	459	38	12.0	37.5%	237 (51.6%)	68 (14.8%)	56 (12.2%)	57 (12.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.5%)	70.1	265^th of 872 public elementary schools	69.6%		74.4	210^th of 881 public elementary schools	76.2%	55	68.3	52.6	33.3	58.2			53.2	59.3	59.0	58.6	69.6			61.4	$15,355
Island Lake Elementary	Public	1-5	3555 Victoria St N	Shoreview	55126	Ramsey County	Mounds View Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 621-7000	741	48	15.4	18.8%	491 (66.3%)	49 (6.6%)	38 (5.1%)	94 (12.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (9.0%)	79.8	153^rd of 872 public elementary schools	82.5%		77.7	166^th of 881 public elementary schools	81.2%	13	74.2	70.5	61.7				68.9	54.1	53.6	75.0				60.3	$11,706
Mississippi Creative Arts Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1575 L'Orient St	Saint Paul	55117	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(651) 293-8840	570	42	13.4	86.8%	43 (7.5%)	129 (22.6%)	120 (21.1%)	234 (41.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (7.7%)	4.7	840^th of 872 public elementary schools	3.7%		5.6	835^th of 881 public elementary schools	5.2%	5	19.8	16.3	7.2				14.7	16.5	9.8	15.7				13.9	$16,913

Frequently Asked Questions about AFSA Elementary

What district is AFSA Elementary in?

Afsa High School

Is AFSA Elementary a good school?

AFSA Elementary ranks in the bottom 10.4% of Minnesota elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of AFSA Elementary?

Students at AFSA Elementary are 47% White, 15% African American, 13% Hispanic, 13% Two or more races, 9% Asian, 2% American Indian.

How many students attend AFSA Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 149 students attended AFSA Elementary.

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2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026

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2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesMay 8, 2025

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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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