Prodeo Academy St. Paul Middle

Prodeo Academy St. Paul Middle is a grades 5–8 charter middle school in Saint Paul, MN serving 131 students, and in 2025–2026 it ranked 224th of 546 Minnesota middle schools — 59th percentile, 3 stars — above the state median and well above its own Prodeo Academy district, which ranks at the 24th percentile with 1 star.

Math is the clearest strength: 51.5% of students scored proficient, above the state's 44.9% and far above every nearby school, where the next highest is Community School of Excellence - Middle School at 30.1% and most others fall in the single digits or low teens. Seventh grade math (64.4% vs. state 40.3%) and 8th grade math (60.5% vs. state 42.3%) are especially strong, while 6th grade math (34.0%) is the one math grade below state. Reading (38.6%) leads all nearby schools but is about 10 points below the state's 48.6%, and science (9.3%) trails the state's 25.5% by a wide margin, though it is roughly even with Farnsworth Aerospace Upper (9.5%) and near the top of this local group.

The student body is highly economically disadvantaged — 96.18% free/reduced lunch, the highest among nearby schools — yet the school still outperforms all of them in math and reading, and it ranks at the 94th percentile (5 stars) for English Language Learner students and the 89th percentile (4 stars) for low-income students. The student-teacher ratio has improved from 20.5 in 2022–2023 to 10 in 2024–2025, the lowest among typical nearby schools. With only 131 students, year-to-year swings are expected, so families should read broad patterns rather than single-year numbers.