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Rochester Math & Science Elementary

Public, Charter Grades K-6

684^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 22% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Rochester Math And Science Academy is a public charter elementary school serving 419 students in grades K-8 in Rochester, Minnesota. The school is part of the Rochester Math And Science Academy District, which is ranked 367 out of 446 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite its name, Rochester Math And Science Academy consistently performs below the state and district averages on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA-III) in both math and reading. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 28.77% of all students were proficient or better in math, compared to 45.21% statewide. In reading, the school's proficiency rate was 33.56%, compared to 49.59% statewide. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with students from low socioeconomic backgrounds consistently struggling the most.

Further, Rochester Math And Science Academy has a high student-teacher ratio, ranging from 32.5 to 50.3 students per teacher, which is significantly higher than the nearby Rochester Public School District schools. The school also has an extremely high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 95.73% to 99.76% over the past few years, much higher than the nearby district schools. These factors suggest that the school may be facing resource and staffing challenges that are impacting its ability to deliver effective instruction and support to its students.

322

Students ?

15.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,173

Per pupil spending ?

93.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

415 16th St SW
Rochester, MN 55902-8888

(507) 252-5995

District: Rochester Math And Science Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:

99.7%

Two or more races:

0.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 6th percentile in 2015 → 22nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (31% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)

!Math scores 16 pts below the Minnesota average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg38%

Minnesota avg47%

684^th of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 22%▲ up 15 pts since 2015

From bottom 6% (2015) to bottom 22% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

367^th of 446Rochester Math And Science Academy 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	25.5	684 of 872	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.5	752 of 881	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.4	731 of 845	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.4	732 of 858	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.3	775 of 869	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.1	751 of 870	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.2	772 of 847	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	7.4	785 of 853	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	5.6	794 of 848	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	5.0	787 of 840	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	12.1	747 of 826	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	4.3	786 of 824	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	22.4	715 of 820	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	23.4	701 of 814	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	41.3	607 of 803	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	27.5	666 of 781	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	3.1	731 of 756	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	53.3	124 of 298	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.0	167 of 310	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.0	149 of 279	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.9	154 of 282	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.9	151 of 227	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	49.3	147 of 283	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.1	170 of 266	36.1%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	40.0	169 of 303	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.5	140 of 303	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.4	100 of 276	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.7	114 of 256	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	37.0	109 of 175	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.1	211 of 239	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.3	121 of 242	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	632 of 799	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.1	679 of 809	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.1	673 of 787	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	648 of 799	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.6	715 of 783	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.2	701 of 787	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	7.0	722 of 774	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	42.5	472 of 764	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.9	601 of 793	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.5	611 of 774	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.7	454 of 663	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	23.7	553 of 683	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.6	551 of 740	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.9	619 of 728	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	25.9	637 of 812	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.5	715 of 826	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.2	714 of 799	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.9	726 of 808	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.2	710 of 784	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.5	679 of 798	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.9	695 of 779	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	33.9	370 of 545	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.2	343 of 529	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.2	333 of 520	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.9	405 of 521	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.2	416 of 533	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.9	399 of 518	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	25.6	412 of 523	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	13.7	447 of 508	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	15.7	443 of 516	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	28.8	384 of 490	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	28.2	383 of 488	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	45.2	311 of 469	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	44.5	312 of 478	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2010	58.2	204 of 454	55.1%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	61.5	50 of 179	72.1%	★★★★☆
2023	67.7	43 of 164	73.8%	★★★★☆
2022	69.0	31 of 162	80.9%	★★★★☆
2021	62.0	44 of 141	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.1	57 of 148	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.7	49 of 137	64.2%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	78.7	14 of 158	91.1%	★★★★★
2023	82.5	5 of 133	96.2%	★★★★★
2022	65.8	18 of 130	86.2%	★★★★☆
2019	70.7	16 of 120	86.7%	★★★★☆
2018	85.2	5 of 109	95.4%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	33.4	333 of 474	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.4	260 of 455	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.3	326 of 467	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	20.1	374 of 443	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.7	340 of 439	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.5	340 of 436	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	51.1	215 of 473	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.7	163 of 459	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	64.9	105 of 404	74.0%	★★★★☆
2021	52.2	171 of 399	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.1	227 of 415	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.0	216 of 401	46.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	30.6	349 of 479	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.0	343 of 464	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	39.5	298 of 476	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.3	320 of 437	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.2	372 of 454	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.9	358 of 438	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆

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

African American (2025)58th percentile+37 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)44th percentile+23 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)38th percentile+17 vs school

Male (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)21st percentile~ school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2024)91st percentile+59 vs school

African American (2024)72nd percentile+40 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)55th percentile+22 vs school

Female (2024)30th percentile~ school

Male (2024)27th percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading34%-16 vs state

Math29%-16 vs state

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The Director/ Principal is horrific to his staff. I can’t say what I want to call him on here. Close Quote

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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
Rochester Math & Science Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	415 16th St SW	Rochester	55902	Olmsted County	Rochester Math And Science Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(507) 252-5995	322	21	15.4	93.2%	0 (0.0%)	321 (99.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	25.5	684^th of 872 public elementary schools	21.6%		16.5	752^nd of 881 public elementary schools	14.6%	68	34.3	20.5	17.5	51.9			28.8	14.3	27.3	47.5	46.7			33.6	$17,173
MNSync Online Elementary	Public, Virtual	K-6	1200 Broadway Ave S	Rochester	55904	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(507) 328-4830	68	0	11.1	61.8%	25 (36.8%)	21 (30.9%)	9 (13.2%)	2 (2.9%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (14.7%)								(n/a)							25.0							37.5
Franklin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1801 9th Ave SE	Rochester	55904	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 328-3300	600	0	12.2	48.8%	270 (45.0%)	87 (14.5%)	124 (20.7%)	48 (8.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (11.5%)	30.3	644^th of 872 public elementary schools	26.1%		28.7	662^nd of 881 public elementary schools	24.9%	18	60.4	36.5	20.4				38.7	40.6	27.4	35.8				34.8	$15,056
Lincoln K-8 School	Public	K-8	1122 8th Ave SE	Rochester	55904	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3550	506	0	17.6	17.0%	333 (65.8%)	46 (9.1%)	25 (4.9%)	55 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (9.3%)	74.6	212^th of 872 public elementary schools	75.7%		83	113^th of 881 public elementary schools	87.2%	99	68.9	85.0	50.9	42.9	58.0	68.8	63.1	57.4	63.3	56.9	55.1	57.1	52.1	57.2	$11,594
Riverside Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	506 5th Ave SE	Rochester	55904	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 328-3700	509	0	10.1	59.7%	172 (33.8%)	78 (15.3%)	170 (33.4%)	24 (4.7%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (11.4%)	20.8	708^th of 872 public elementary schools	18.8%		6.7	820^th of 881 public elementary schools	6.9%	112	39.2	38.2	23.9				33.6	26.5	27.9	35.2				29.9	$17,286
Folwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	603 15th Ave SW	Rochester	55902	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3220	352	0	18.8	15.9%	218 (61.9%)	13 (3.7%)	37 (10.5%)	44 (12.5%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	34 (9.7%)	84.4	101^st of 872 public elementary schools	88.4%		85.1	90^th of 881 public elementary schools	89.8%	11	72.0	69.1	55.4				66.1	66.7	65.5	76.8				69.4	$11,376
Bamber Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2001 Bamber Valley Rd SW	Rochester	55902	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3030	599	0	15.3	21.0%	410 (68.4%)	31 (5.2%)	73 (12.2%)	40 (6.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.2%)	76.6	184^th of 872 public elementary schools	78.9%		76	186^th of 881 public elementary schools	78.9%	2	69.5	69.7	57.3				65.1	50.5	57.6	68.4				59.2	$11,066
Pinewood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2435 20th St SE	Rochester	55904	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3630	380	0	15.1	45.0%	191 (50.3%)	54 (14.2%)	87 (22.9%)	9 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (9.7%)	21	707^th of 872 public elementary schools	18.9%		32.6	636^th of 881 public elementary schools	27.8%	71	41.7	31.5	20.3				30.4	35.0	26.0	36.5				32.4	$11,782
Longfellow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2435 20th St SE	Rochester	55904	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 328-3600	265	0	15.1	36.6%	146 (55.1%)	46 (17.4%)	44 (16.6%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.4%)	58.5	388^th of 872 public elementary schools	55.5%		55.8	429^th of 881 public elementary schools	51.3%	41	81.4	59.5	42.6				59.7	53.5	42.9	42.6				46.0	$12,148
Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	1200 11th Ave NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3800	334	0	15.5	19.8%	185 (55.4%)	21 (6.3%)	21 (6.3%)	70 (21.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (11.1%)	84.6	99^th of 872 public elementary schools	88.6%		85.5	86^th of 881 public elementary schools	90.2%	13	81.4	71.2	55.6				69.7	72.9	53.9	75.9				67.9	$12,463

Frequently Asked Questions about Rochester Math & Science Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Rochester Math & Science Elementary?

Students at Rochester Math & Science Elementary are 100% African American.

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Rochester Math And Science Academy

How many students attend Rochester Math & Science Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 322 students attended Rochester Math & Science Elementary.

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Rochester Math & Science Elementary ranks in the bottom 21.6% of Minnesota elementary schools.

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