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Community School of Excellence Elementary

Public, Charter Grades PK, KG-4

774^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 11% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Community School of Excellence Elementary is a public charter elementary school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving 728 students from pre-kindergarten to 4th grade. The school is part of the Community School of Excellence district, which is ranked 382 out of 446 districts in Minnesota and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Community School of Excellence Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Minnesota elementary schools, with proficiency rates significantly below the state average in both math and reading. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 29.6% in math and 18.77% in reading, compared to the state averages of 45.21% and 49.59%, respectively. When compared to nearby schools, such as Mississippi Creative Arts Elementary, Prodeo Academy St. Paul Elementary, and Como Park Elementary, Community School of Excellence Elementary generally performs worse academically.

The school's high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds (86.95% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch) and a relatively high proportion of English Language Learner (ELL) students may contribute to its academic challenges. Additionally, the school's student-teacher ratio has varied significantly over the past few years, ranging from 11.2 to 20.4 students per teacher, which could also be a factor in its performance. Overall, the data suggests that Community School of Excellence Elementary is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education for its students and may need to implement comprehensive improvement strategies to better support their academic success.

696

Students ?

10.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,655

Per pupil spending ?

85.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

270 Larpenteur Ave W
Saint Paul, MN 55113-8888

(651) 917-0073

District: Community School Of Excellence

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

99.1%

Two or more races:

0.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2015 → 11th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (24% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

!Reading scores 31 pts below the Minnesota average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg26%

Minnesota avg47%

774^th of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 11%▲ up 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 8% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

382^nd of 446Community School Of Excellence 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	12.4	774 of 872	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.6	762 of 881	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.7	704 of 845	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	745 of 858	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	6.3	802 of 869	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.7	716 of 870	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.5	739 of 847	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	11.0	766 of 853	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	11.0	769 of 848	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	6.9	775 of 840	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	9.7	758 of 826	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	2.8	800 of 824	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	1.2	802 of 820	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	2.5	787 of 814	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	0.8	792 of 803	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	18.6	117 of 140	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.6	126 of 154	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	94 of 128	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.9	99 of 131	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.5	69 of 88	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.3	98 of 136	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.9	108 of 134	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	53.2	101 of 303	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.9	78 of 303	74.3%	★★★★☆
2023	61.8	69 of 276	75.0%	★★★★☆
2022	51.5	103 of 256	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	27.7	152 of 175	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	64.9	47 of 239	80.3%	★★★★☆
2018	50.0	99 of 242	59.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	693 of 799	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.5	690 of 809	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	672 of 787	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	693 of 799	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	5.0	741 of 783	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.6	655 of 787	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.5	681 of 774	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	24.2	629 of 764	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.3	633 of 793	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.7	560 of 774	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.8	484 of 663	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.8	599 of 683	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.6	515 of 740	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.1	581 of 728	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	11.3	744 of 812	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.2	736 of 826	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.8	670 of 799	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.0	717 of 808	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	7.0	732 of 784	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	22.2	662 of 798	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.0	675 of 779	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	16.9	513 of 562	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.9	480 of 500	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.2	479 of 515	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.7	434 of 463	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	25.9	408 of 529	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	448 of 520	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.1	470 of 521	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.4	463 of 533	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.6	455 of 518	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	13.6	461 of 523	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	13.0	448 of 508	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	10.6	461 of 516	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	13.7	435 of 490	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	6.2	457 of 488	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	4.0	448 of 469	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	2.3	460 of 478	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	1.0	445 of 454	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	23.9	85 of 116	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.5	98 of 110	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.6	78 of 87	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.8	98 of 112	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.4	97 of 108	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	39.1	82 of 133	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.1	87 of 130	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.7	93 of 102	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	33.1	93 of 120	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	45.6	44 of 109	59.6%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	18.8	389 of 455	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.6	389 of 467	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.7	402 of 443	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.1	405 of 439	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.0	394 of 436	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	41.0	280 of 459	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.4	310 of 404	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.9	320 of 399	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.8	324 of 415	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	330 of 401	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	30.7	329 of 464	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.6	430 of 476	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.9	395 of 437	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.6	390 of 454	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.1	393 of 438	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	33.6	206 of 298	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.6	227 of 288	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.1	249 of 260	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.7	279 of 282	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.1	234 of 253	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

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

English Language Learner (2025)67th percentile+55 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)18th percentile+6 vs school

Asian (2025)16th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)13th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)9th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)8th percentile-3 vs school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)39th percentile+16 vs school

English Language Learner (2023)38th percentile+15 vs school

Special Education (2023)31st percentile+8 vs school

Male (2023)29th percentile+6 vs school

Asian (2023)27th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2023)15th percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Math30%-16 vs state

Reading19%-31 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
Community School of Excellence Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-4	270 Larpenteur Ave W	Saint Paul	55113	Ramsey County	Community School Of Excellence	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 917-0073	696	66	10.4	85.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	690 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	12.4	774^th of 872 public elementary schools	11.2%		14.6	762^nd of 881 public elementary schools	13.5%	12	19.7	40.0					29.6	16.2	21.5					18.8	$11,655
Cse - Oll Ec-5	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	270 Larpenteur Ave W	Saint Paul	55113	Ramsey County	Community School Of Excellence	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 917-0073	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
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
Prodeo Academy St. Paul Primary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-1	170 Rose Ave W	Saint Paul	55117	Ramsey County	Prodeo Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 350-7655	116	11	10.5	89.7%	5 (4.3%)	21 (18.1%)	8 (6.9%)	82 (70.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)															$23,360
Prodeo Academy St. Paul Elementary	Public, Charter	2-4	170 Rose Ave W	Saint Paul	55117	Ramsey County	Prodeo Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 350-7655	133	14	9.5	93.2%	0 (0.0%)	23 (17.3%)	6 (4.5%)	103 (77.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	33.2	618^th of 872 public elementary schools	29.1%		32.2	639^th of 881 public elementary schools	27.5%	21	48.9	38.2					44.3	37.8	32.4					35.4
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
Saint Paul Music Academy	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	27 Geranium Ave E	Saint Paul	55117	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(651) 293-8795	514	42	12.2	83.5%	47 (9.1%)	89 (17.3%)	91 (17.7%)	246 (47.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.8%)	16.1	743^rd of 872 public elementary schools	14.8%		11	787^th of 881 public elementary schools	10.7%	44	29.7	35.4	23.5				29.5	27.6	20.7	30.1				26.1	$17,299
Paul & Sheila Wellstone Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1041 Marion St	Saint Paul	55117	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(651) 290-8354	492	48	10.1	79.1%	51 (10.4%)	88 (17.9%)	226 (45.9%)	102 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.1%)	5	838^th of 872 public elementary schools	3.9%		3.5	859^th of 881 public elementary schools	2.5%	21	18.2	2.7	11.5				11.2	17.1	10.5	22.2				16.7	$18,198
Como Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	780 Wheelock Pkwy W	Saint Paul	55117	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 293-8820	387	39	9.9	87.3%	51 (13.2%)	82 (21.2%)	65 (16.8%)	154 (39.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.5%)	14.5	755^th of 872 public elementary schools	13.4%		25.6	683^rd of 881 public elementary schools	22.5%	72	21.3	32.0	20.4				24.7	25.0	24.0	34.6				28.0	$21,235
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

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In the 2024-25 school year, 696 students attended Community School of Excellence Elementary.

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Students at Community School of Excellence Elementary are 99% Asian.

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