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Gateway STEM Academy Charter School

Q: Is Gateway STEM Academy Charter School a good school?

Gateway STEM Academy Charter School ranks in the bottom 0.7% of Minnesota elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Gateway STEM Academy Charter School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 121 students attended Gateway STEM Academy Charter School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Gateway STEM Academy Charter School?

Students at Gateway STEM Academy Charter School are 100% African American.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

863^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 869 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 1% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Gateway STEM Academy Charter School is a K–8 charter school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving 121 students as its own district. Its 2025–2026 results place it near the bottom statewide: 449 of 458 Minnesota districts (2nd percentile, 0 stars) and 863 of 869 schools (1st percentile, 0 stars). All-grade MCA proficiency was 7.6% in math, 8.4% in reading, and 0% in science, compared with state averages of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%.

Gateway posts the lowest math, reading, and science proficiency among the nearby schools in this comparison set. Poverty is high here (91.74% free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025), but it does not fully explain the gap: Universal Academy South Elementary has an even higher free/reduced lunch rate of 92.23% and still reached 29.7% in math and 37.1% in reading, while Compass Academy (88.98% free/reduced lunch) reached 42.6% in math and 41.7% in reading. Greenleaf Elementary and Echo Park Leadership Engineer/Technical scored near 50% in both subjects, and lower-ranked nearby schools such as Vista View Elementary, Sky Oaks Elementary, Rahn Elementary, William Byrne Elementary, and Gideon Pond Elementary still outperformed Gateway. The closest academic match, ONE91 Virtual Academy Elementary, also scored higher.

Gateway had a relatively stronger year in 2023–2024 (math 19.4%, reading 22.39%, science 25%), followed by steep declines, including a science drop to 2.44% and then 0%. In 2025–2026, 8th grade reading at 23.1% was the strongest grade-level result, while 5th grade math and science in both tested grades were at 0%. Subgroup effectiveness ranks are at or near the bottom, though English Language Learner students reached the 65th percentile in 2022–2023. Note that Gateway is K–8 while most nearby schools are PK–5, and its small enrollment can make yearly percentages swing.

121

Students ?

20.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,434

Per pupil spending ?

91.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1885 University Ave W
Saint Paul, MN 55104-8888

(952) 206-4050

District: Gateway STEM Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:

100.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 9th percentile in 2019 → 1st in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (7% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2019

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school7%

District avg7%

Minnesota avg43%

Elementary school

863^rd of 869

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 8 pts since 2019

From bottom 9% (2019) to bottom 1% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

518^th of 546

Minnesota public middle schools ?

Bottom 5%▼ down 5 pts since 2023

From bottom 10% (2023) to bottom 5% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

449^th of 458Gateway STEM 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
2026	2.6	863 of 869	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	5.2	836 of 872	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.2	744 of 881	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	7.6	778 of 845	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.9	821 of 858	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.7	819 of 869	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.3	793 of 870	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	11.2	305 of 315	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	20.4	254 of 298	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	41.4	175 of 310	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.1	203 of 279	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.5	234 of 282	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.0	192 of 227	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.8	207 of 283	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	23.9	266 of 305	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	39.4	172 of 303	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	54.9	96 of 276	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	25.0	218 of 256	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.8	172 of 175	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.6	233 of 239	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	2.5	789 of 790	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.1	744 of 787	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.1	767 of 799	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	2.9	768 of 783	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	5.4	760 of 764	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.3	708 of 764	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	28.5	614 of 793	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.0	683 of 774	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	611 of 663	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.2	623 of 683	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.1	644 of 740	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	2.0	804 of 807	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	5.2	781 of 812	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.6	725 of 784	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.4	787 of 798	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	7.4	518 of 546	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.1	490 of 519	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.4	475 of 529	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	19.0	160 of 185	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.5	146 of 169	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.6	121 of 164	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.9	117 of 162	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	59.6	35 of 170	79.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	2.7	467 of 467	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	12.9	423 of 458	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.5	397 of 432	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.3	380 of 459	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.1	337 of 404	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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

English Language Learner (2026)13th percentile+12 vs school

African American (2026)3rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school

Male (2026)<1st percentile~ school

Female (2026)<1st percentile~ school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2026)79th percentile+74 vs school

African American (2026)14th percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)8th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2026)<1st percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2025-2026) ?

Reading8%-40 vs state

Math8%-37 vs state

Science0%-26 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)							MCA-IV Science (2026)			MCA-III Math (2026)							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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science All Grades	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	Total
Gateway STEM Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1885 University Ave W	Saint Paul	55104	Ramsey County	Gateway STEM Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(952) 206-4050	121	0	20.0	91.7%	0 (0.0%)	121 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2.6	863^rd of 869 public elementary schools	0.7%		5.2	836^th of 872 public elementary schools	4.1%	27	0.0	4.8	4.3	10.5	15.0	23.1	8.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.4	4.8	0.0	5.3	10.5	7.7	7.6	$16,434
William Byrne Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	11608 River Hills Dr	Burnsville	55337	Dakota County	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(952) 707-3500	569	37	15.5	52.0%	229 (40.2%)	137 (24.1%)	107 (18.8%)	48 (8.4%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.4%)	56.5	387^th of 869 public elementary schools	55.5%		51.6	461^st of 872 public elementary schools	47.1%	74	46.4	55.3	64.0				55.3	22.1		22.1	53.0	51.2	38.4				47.5	$13,629
Gideon Pond Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	613 E 130th St	Burnsville	55337	Dakota County	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 707-3000	361	26	14.0	53.2%	119 (33.0%)	155 (42.9%)	40 (11.1%)	11 (3.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.4%)	55.3	398^th of 869 public elementary schools	54.2%		70.4	264^th of 872 public elementary schools	69.7%	134	46.8	49.0	58.0				51.4	24.5		24.5	46.8	60.0	40.0				49.0	$13,024
ONE91 Virtual Academy Elementary	Public, Virtual	K-5	200 Burnsville Pkwy W	Burnsville	55337	Dakota County	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	No	No	Yes	Yes	(952) 707-3401	34	2	20.4	73.5%	10 (29.4%)	15 (44.1%)	4 (11.8%)	1 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (11.8%)								(n/a)							16.7										10.0
Sky Oaks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 E 134th St	Burnsville	55337	Dakota County	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 707-3700	524	39	13.5	74.0%	73 (13.9%)	151 (28.8%)	242 (46.2%)	18 (3.4%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (6.5%)	13.7	762^nd of 869 public elementary schools	12.3%		13.8	760^th of 872 public elementary schools	12.8%	2	24.7	32.9	27.0				27.9	5.4		5.4	26.7	33.8	13.3				24.6	$17,241
Universal Academy South Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	600 W Travelers Trl	Burnsville	55337	Dakota County	Universal Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 442-3124	103	6	16.8	92.2%	0 (0.0%)	102 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				53.8			37.1							0.0			29.7
Rahn Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	4424 Sandstone Dr	Eagan	55122	Dakota County	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(952) 707-3600	383	26	14.9	58.5%	116 (30.3%)	114 (29.8%)	88 (23.0%)	14 (3.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	48 (12.5%)	39.5	570^th of 869 public elementary schools	34.4%		45	520^th of 872 public elementary schools	40.4%	50	34.0	32.7	64.4				44.3	14.0		14.0	46.3	27.3	50.0				41.3	$17,573
Echo Park Leadership Engineer/Technical	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	14100 County Road 11	Burnsville	55337	Dakota County	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	No	Yes	No	Yes	(952) 431-8390	732	57	12.8	48.4%	283 (38.7%)	181 (24.7%)	155 (21.2%)	28 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (11.6%)	59.4	352^nd of 869 public elementary schools	59.5%		48.7	488^th of 872 public elementary schools	44.0%	136	49.2	44.7	63.6				52.5	33.1		33.1	50.8	46.1	50.4				49.2	$14,079
Compass Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	10640 Lyndale Ave S	Bloomington	55420	Hennepin County	New Century School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(952) 600-9250	245	14	17.5	89.0%	2 (0.8%)	240 (98.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	37.8	577^th of 869 public elementary schools	33.6%		29.9	647^th of 872 public elementary schools	25.8%	70	32.5	61.3	35.1				41.7	10.8		10.8	57.5	61.3	10.8				42.6
Greenleaf Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13333 Galaxie Ave	Apple Valley	55124	Dakota County	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 431-8270	747	54	13.7	40.0%	354 (47.4%)	107 (14.3%)	179 (24.0%)	20 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (11.5%)	61.5	331^st of 869 public elementary schools	61.9%		54.8	427^th of 872 public elementary schools	51.0%	96	49.6	44.6	62.3				52.1	34.1		34.1	57.6	50.4	47.3				51.6	$13,560

Frequently Asked Questions about Gateway STEM Academy Charter School

Is Gateway STEM Academy Charter School a good school?

Gateway STEM Academy Charter School ranks in the bottom 0.7% of Minnesota elementary schools.

What district is Gateway STEM Academy Charter School in?

Gateway STEM Academy

How many students attend Gateway STEM Academy Charter School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 121 students attended Gateway STEM Academy Charter School.

What is the racial makeup of Gateway STEM Academy Charter School?

Students at Gateway STEM Academy Charter School are 100% African American.

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2024–25 through 2025–26 MCA-III & MCA-IV test scoresNewSep 30, 2026

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