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Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary

Public, Charter Grades 2-4

763^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 12% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary is a public charter elementary school serving grades 2-4 in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, with a total enrollment of 204 students. The school is part of the Prodeo Academy district, which is ranked 381 out of 446 districts in the state.

Academically, Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Minnesota elementary schools over the past 5 years, with performance on state assessments significantly below the state averages in both math and reading. For example, in 2024-2025, only 32.87% of Prodeo students were proficient or better in math, compared to the state average of 45.21%. The school's performance is also lower than the Prodeo Academy district average, indicating it is underperforming compared to other schools in the district. However, the school does perform better for Hispanic and English Language Learner students compared to other subgroups.

Interestingly, nearby public schools like Jenny Lind Elementary and Waite Park Elementary, which serve similar student populations, significantly outperform Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary on academic measures. For instance, in 2024-2025, Waite Park Elementary had 73.11% of students proficient or better in math, compared to only 32.87% at Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary. This suggests that the charter school model may not be effectively serving the needs of the student population at Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary, and there may be opportunities to learn from successful practices at nearby public schools.

227

Students ?

7.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

90.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4141 University Ave NE
Columbia Heights, MN 55421-8888

(763) 205-9950

District: Prodeo Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:

67.0%

Hispanic:

27.3%

White:

4.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 4th percentile in 2021 → 12th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2021

✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (26% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)

!Reading scores 30 pts below the Minnesota average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg29%

Minnesota avg47%

763^rd of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 12%▲ up 9 pts since 2021

From bottom 4% (2021) to bottom 12% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

381^st of 446Prodeo 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	13.7	763 of 872	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.1	798 of 881	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.7	777 of 845	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.1	798 of 858	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	3.9	836 of 869	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	37.0	191 of 298	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.7	222 of 310	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.1	201 of 279	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.7	205 of 282	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.3	195 of 227	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	38.8	177 of 303	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.0	208 of 303	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.4	200 of 256	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	11.1	724 of 799	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.4	751 of 809	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.9	702 of 787	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	724 of 799	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.4	709 of 783	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	53.1	90 of 238	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.9	160 of 249	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	19.9	189 of 214	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.2	206 of 209	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	30.8	576 of 764	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.5	661 of 793	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.9	684 of 774	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.5	555 of 663	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.0	641 of 683	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	19.8	673 of 812	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.3	742 of 826	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	5.4	758 of 799	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.7	785 of 808	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	1.5	782 of 784	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	8.0	553 of 562	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.0	510 of 572	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.5	486 of 524	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.3	470 of 500	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Hispanic (2025)62nd percentile+50 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)42nd percentile+29 vs school

African American (2025)36th percentile+23 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)25th percentile+12 vs school

Male (2025)17th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)9th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)2nd percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Math33%-12 vs state

Reading20%-30 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
Prodeo Columbia Heights Primary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-1	4141 University Ave NE	Columbia Heights	55421	Anoka County	Prodeo Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 205-9950	218	21	10.3	88.1%	19 (8.7%)	149 (68.3%)	41 (18.8%)	2 (0.9%)	5 (2.3%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)								(n/a)															$17,501
Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary	Public, Charter	2-4	4141 University Ave NE	Columbia Heights	55421	Anoka County	Prodeo Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(763) 205-9950	227	29	7.8	90.7%	9 (4.0%)	152 (67.0%)	62 (27.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	13.7	763^rd of 872 public elementary schools	12.5%		9.1	798^th of 881 public elementary schools	9.4%	35	34.7	31.0					32.9	12.5	26.8					19.6
Valley View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	800 49th Ave NE	Columbia Heights	55421	Anoka County	Columbia Heights Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 528-4205	568	36	15.6	79.2%	78 (13.7%)	72 (12.7%)	377 (66.4%)	12 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.1%)	4.8	839^th of 872 public elementary schools	3.8%		5.9	831^st of 881 public elementary schools	5.7%	8	14.8	15.7	6.7				12.3	13.6	13.3	24.2				17.2	$13,873
Bultum Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1555 40th Ave NE	Columbia Heights	55421	Anoka County	Bultum Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(763) 450-3522	249	20	12.5	83.1%	10 (4.0%)	239 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26.8	676^th of 872 public elementary schools	22.5%		29.6	657^th of 881 public elementary schools	25.4%	19	38.7	45.5	17.4	21.1	6.7		29.8	22.6	30.3	39.1	57.9	40.0		35.5
Highland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1500 49th Ave NE	Columbia Heights	55421	Anoka County	Columbia Heights Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 528-4405	534	34	15.6	78.3%	82 (15.4%)	123 (23.0%)	273 (51.1%)	26 (4.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.1%)	7.9	810^th of 872 public elementary schools	7.1%		6.4	823^rd of 881 public elementary schools	6.6%	13	22.2	22.1	6.9				17.7	22.2	20.9	19.4				21.0	$14,593
Jenny Lind Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5025 Bryant Ave N	Minneapolis	55430	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 668-2020	236	31	7.5	83.1%	27 (11.4%)	115 (48.7%)	34 (14.4%)	34 (14.4%)	8 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.6%)	3.5	852^nd of 872 public elementary schools	2.3%		5.5	836^th of 881 public elementary schools	5.1%	16	16.1	9.7	4.6				9.4	16.1	3.2	15.9				12.3	$19,440
Waite Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1800 34th Ave NE	Minneapolis	55418	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-1600	266	22	11.9	29.3%	157 (59.0%)	30 (11.3%)	31 (11.7%)	5 (1.9%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (15.0%)	86.1	82^nd of 872 public elementary schools	90.6%		81.3	129^th of 881 public elementary schools	85.4%	47	72.5	76.3	70.7				73.1	60.0	59.0	80.0				66.4	$13,491
Spero Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	2701 California St. NE	Minneapolis	55418	Hennepin County	Spero Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(612) 465-8600	148	28	5.2	31.1%	63 (42.6%)	40 (27.0%)	19 (12.8%)	13 (8.8%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (7.4%)	9.6	795^th of 872 public elementary schools	8.8%		22.9	709^th of 881 public elementary schools	19.5%	86	26.3	10.0	0.0	18.8			13.3	36.8	10.0	10.0	18.8			18.7	$57,541
Global Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3000 5th Street NW	New Brighton	55112	Ramsey County	Global Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 404-8200	447	34	12.9	89.0%	63 (14.1%)	369 (82.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	44.1	529^th of 872 public elementary schools	39.3%		43.8	554^th of 881 public elementary schools	37.1%	25	73.5	41.5	9.8	22.2	21.8	17.9	30.5	49.0	41.5	41.2	61.1	50.9	50.0	49.1	$15,261
North Park School for Innovation	Public	PK, KG-5	5575 Fillmore St NE	Fridley	55432	Anoka County	Columbia Heights Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 528-4305	433	31	13.9	80.8%	68 (15.7%)	102 (23.6%)	190 (43.9%)	18 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (12.7%)	7.7	814^th of 872 public elementary schools	6.7%		5.7	834^th of 881 public elementary schools	5.3%	20	21.8	16.7	7.6				14.3	28.6	16.7	18.0				20.9	$14,968

Frequently Asked Questions about Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary

How many students attend Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 227 students attended Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary?

Students at Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary are 67% African American, 27% Hispanic, 4% White.

What district is Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary in?

Prodeo Academy

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Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary ranks in the bottom 12.5% of Minnesota elementary schools.

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2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026

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