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Saint Paul Music Academy

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-6

743^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 15% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Saint Paul Music Academy is an elementary public magnet school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 472 students. The school is part of the Saint Paul Public Schools district, which has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Saint Paul Music Academy has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Minnesota elementary schools over the past several years, with significantly below-average performance on MCA-III assessments in both math and reading proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 29.49% of all students were proficient or better in math, compared to 45.21% statewide and 26.55% for the district. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic, African American, and low socioeconomic status students.

While the nearby Paul & Sheila Wellstone Elementary, Bruce F Vento Elementary, and Crossroads Montessori schools in the Saint Paul Public Schools district have similar low academic performance, some local Prodeo Academy charter schools, such as Prodeo Academy St. Paul Elementary, have significantly higher proficiency rates, particularly in math, despite serving a similarly disadvantaged student population.

514

Students ?

12.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,299

Per pupil spending ?

83.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

27 Geranium Ave E
Saint Paul, MN 55117-5067

(651) 293-8795

District: Saint Paul Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

47.9%

Hispanic:

17.7%

African American:

17.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 6th percentile in 2015 → 15th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 9 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (28% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)

!Reading scores 23 pts below the Minnesota average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg31%

Minnesota avg47%

743^rd of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 15%▲ up 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 6% (2015) to bottom 15% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

15^th of 38Elementary Schools in the Saint Paul Public Schools

345^th of 446Saint Paul Public Schools 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	16.1	743 of 872	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.0	787 of 881	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.5	758 of 845	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	5.9	801 of 858	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.9	778 of 869	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.8	782 of 870	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.8	766 of 847	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	7.2	787 of 853	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	5.8	791 of 848	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	5.1	786 of 840	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	8.4	763 of 826	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	23.3	240 of 298	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	265 of 310	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.3	223 of 279	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.4	226 of 282	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.3	206 of 283	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.6	190 of 266	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	30.2	95 of 140	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	21.7	125 of 154	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.5	104 of 128	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.1	114 of 131	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.7	61 of 88	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.6	103 of 136	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.6	111 of 134	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	53.6	99 of 303	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.5	191 of 303	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.0	149 of 276	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.6	201 of 256	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	60.5	40 of 175	77.1%	★★★★☆
2019	55.2	77 of 239	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	45.0	120 of 242	50.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	18.6	672 of 799	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	717 of 809	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.4	699 of 787	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	5.2	764 of 799	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.2	735 of 783	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.8	718 of 787	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.3	700 of 774	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	18.0	206 of 238	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.2	241 of 249	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.7	179 of 214	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	184 of 209	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	40.4	136 of 219	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.4	165 of 220	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	31.0	572 of 764	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.0	675 of 793	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.2	653 of 774	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.4	565 of 663	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.0	539 of 683	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	618 of 740	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.8	620 of 728	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	13.6	720 of 812	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.0	750 of 826	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.4	729 of 799	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.6	750 of 808	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.5	698 of 784	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.5	715 of 798	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.3	710 of 779	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2022	10.7	81 of 87	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	59.1	195 of 562	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	42.5	339 of 572	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.5	378 of 524	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.2	443 of 500	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	64.3	116 of 417	72.2%	★★★★☆
2019	33.8	366 of 515	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.5	430 of 463	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)67th percentile+53 vs school

Special Education (2025)65th percentile+51 vs school

Asian (2025)32nd percentile+17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)25th percentile+10 vs school

African American (2025)19th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)13th percentile~ school

Male (2025)11th percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2022)7th percentile~ school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Math29%-16 vs state

Reading26%-23 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, March 3, 2017

Great community school which lovingly incorporates music throughout the day. All students learn violin at a young age and can branch out into other instruments of choice and they progress through the grades. Loving classrooms with passionate teachers. 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 All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
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
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
MMSA Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-5	169 Jenks Avenue	Saint Paul	55117	Ramsey County	Minnesota Math and Science Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 246-0845	243	14	17.8	99.6%	0 (0.0%)	229 (94.2%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5.8	826^th of 872 public elementary schools	5.3%		5.2	839^th of 881 public elementary schools	4.8%	13	16.2	13.3	2.3	10.3	18.4	20.0	25.0	21.3	$24,436
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
Bruce F Vento Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	409 Case Ave E	Saint Paul	55130	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 293-8685	446	39	11.4	87.0%	41 (9.2%)	167 (37.4%)	60 (13.5%)	140 (31.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.8%)	2.8	862^nd of 872 public elementary schools	1.1%		3.4	860^th of 881 public elementary schools	2.4%	2	8.5	5.9	1.5	5.3	12.9	1.5	22.1	12.1	$18,990
Community of Peace Academy Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-4	471 Magnolia Ave E	Saint Paul	55130	Ramsey County	Community Of Peace Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 280-4579	326	28	11.7	81.6%	18 (5.5%)	108 (33.1%)	85 (26.1%)	85 (26.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.2%)	3.5	851^st of 872 public elementary schools	2.4%		4.6	847^th of 881 public elementary schools	3.9%	4	14.9	10.4		12.6	10.6	14.6		12.6	$15,690
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
Crossroads Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	543 Front Ave	Saint Paul	55117	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(651) 767-8540	178	18	10.1	75.3%	44 (24.7%)	50 (28.1%)	25 (14.0%)	21 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (21.3%)	17.7	730^th of 872 public elementary schools	16.3%		8.5	805^th of 881 public elementary schools	8.6%	75	29.2	14.3	4.2	15.9	50.0	19.1	29.2	33.3	$17,592
Crossroads Science Program	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	543 Front Ave	Saint Paul	55117	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(651) 767-8540	192	15	12.9	84.4%	15 (7.8%)	80 (41.7%)	28 (14.6%)	35 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (17.7%)	14	759^th of 872 public elementary schools	13.0%		9.4	797^th of 881 public elementary schools	9.5%	38	11.1	25.0	20.5	20.2	5.6	15.6	43.6	25.8	$16,043

Frequently Asked Questions about Saint Paul Music Academy

Is Saint Paul Music Academy a good school?

Saint Paul Music Academy ranks in the bottom 14.8% of Minnesota elementary schools.

What district is Saint Paul Music Academy in?

Saint Paul Public Schools

How many students attend Saint Paul Music Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 514 students attended Saint Paul Music Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Saint Paul Music Academy?

Students at Saint Paul Music Academy are 48% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 17% African American, 9% White, 8% Two or more races.

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