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E-Stem Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

470^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 546 Minnesota Middle Schools

Better than 14% of Minnesota middle schools

Summary

E-Stem Middle School is a grades 6–8 school with 512 students at 600 Weir Drive in Woodbury, MN, but it belongs to Saint Paul Public Schools rather than the surrounding South Washington County Schools district; it is rated 1 star and ranks 470th of 546 Minnesota schools in 2025–2026. Its rank has stayed between the 11th and 14th percentile for six years, and 71.68% of students received free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. Those facts help explain why this Woodbury-located school often looks more like an urban Saint Paul school than its nearby suburban neighbors.

In 2025–2026, E-Stem’s proficiency rates were 13.4% in math, 24.4% in reading, and 10.1% in science, compared with district averages of 27.8%, 34.2%, and 19.0% and state averages of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%. Reading is the relative bright spot but still about half the state average, while science is the weakest subject despite the school’s STEM name. Among nearby middle schools, E-Stem generally ranks 7th or 8th out of 11. It outperforms Battle Creek Middle, HOPE Community Academy Middle, and Academia Cesar Chavez Middle School, and is roughly comparable to Farnsworth Aerospace Upper in math and reading; it trails Txuj Ci HMong Language & Culture U, South St. Paul Middle School, Skyview Middle School, Woodbury Leadership Academy Upper, Lake Middle School, and Woodbury Middle School. The contrast with Woodbury Middle School, 0.66 miles away, is stark: 46.2% math, 50.0% reading, 16.0% science, and the 75th percentile.

For subgroups in 2025–2026, English learners were the strongest group at the 45th percentile, though that was down from the 67th percentile in 2024–2025. Low-income students were at the 19th percentile and special education students at the 22nd percentile, and no subgroup reached the 50th percentile. The school has not shown sustained improvement over six years, while nearby South St. Paul Middle School and Skyview Middle School did improve. Parents should weigh the high poverty rate, the district boundary that separates E-Stem from higher-ranked Woodbury schools, and the school’s persistently low science and overall proficiency results.

512

Students ?

19.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

71.7%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in Minnesota receive free school meals.

600 Weir Drive
Woodbury, MN 55125-8888

(651) 744-2900

District: Saint Paul Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

41.6%

African American:

21.7%

Hispanic:

15.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 14th percentile in 2021 → 14th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (18% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)

!Math scores 32 pts below the Minnesota average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school18%

District avg29%

Minnesota avg43%

470^th of 546

Minnesota public middle schools ?

Bottom 14%▬ steady since 2021

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

346^th of 458Saint 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
2026	16.3	470 of 546	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.5	446 of 519	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.1	483 of 545	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.8	473 of 529	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.2	461 of 520	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.4	450 of 521	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	27.9	137 of 185	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	28.6	127 of 169	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.6	150 of 179	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	127 of 164	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.4	146 of 162	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.7	121 of 141	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	18.1	95 of 112	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.0	86 of 106	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.0	91 of 111	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.9	99 of 116	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.7	89 of 110	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.9	65 of 87	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	41.5	93 of 170	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	50.1	50 of 153	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	34.1	112 of 158	29.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.4	43 of 133	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.2	48 of 130	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.5	32 of 102	68.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	13.7	413 of 467	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.7	391 of 450	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.9	434 of 474	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.6	417 of 455	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.5	431 of 467	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.4	410 of 443	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	28.4	151 of 195	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	36.9	114 of 175	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	16.4	173 of 186	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.9	150 of 178	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.0	143 of 188	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	40.7	89 of 156	42.9%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	26.5	369 of 458	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	30.5	321 of 432	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.5	400 of 473	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.0	388 of 459	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.0	347 of 404	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.3	291 of 399	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	16.4	421 of 483	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	15.3	398 of 452	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.4	424 of 479	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.5	419 of 464	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.0	415 of 476	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.9	373 of 437	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	9.5	121 of 124	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	4.1	112 of 113	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	111 of 116	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.9	106 of 107	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.3	123 of 131	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	29.5	230 of 296	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	33.8	184 of 265	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.8	233 of 307	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.7	180 of 298	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	16.7	265 of 288	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	25.2	217 of 260	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	19.4	379 of 435	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	26.9	332 of 415	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.5	351 of 440	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.5	353 of 436	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.9	303 of 438	30.8%	★★☆☆☆

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 (2026)45th percentile+31 vs school

African American (2026)26th percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2026)23rd percentile+9 vs school

Special Education (2026)22nd percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)19th percentile+6 vs school

Asian (2026)15th percentile~ school

White (2026)13th percentile~ school

Male (2026)13th percentile~ school

Female (2026)12th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2026)2nd percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2025-2026) ?

Reading24%-24 vs state

Math13%-32 vs state

Science10%-15 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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	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
E-Stem Middle School	Public	6-8	600 Weir Drive	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 744-2900	512	27	19.2	71.7%	60 (11.7%)	111 (21.7%)	79 (15.4%)	213 (41.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (9.0%)	16.3	470^th of 546 public middle schools	13.9%		17.5	446^th of 519 public middle schools	14.1%	24		27.1	17.0	29.3		24.4		10.1		10.1		11.4	12.0	17.2	13.4
Woodbury Middle School	Public	6-8	1425 School Dr	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-4501	1,160	49	23.8	24.2%	672 (57.9%)	124 (10.7%)	140 (12.1%)	123 (10.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (8.6%)	68	138^th of 546 public middle schools	74.7%		66.7	151^st of 519 public middle schools	70.9%	13		52.9	47.1	50.0		50.0		16.0		16.0		45.3	50.1	42.8	46.2	$11,011
Woodbury Leadership Academy Upper	Public, Charter	6-10	8147 Globe Dr	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	Woodbury Leadership Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 571-2100	220	0		24.1%	85 (38.6%)	43 (19.5%)	26 (11.8%)	45 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (9.5%)	69.9	126^th of 546 public middle schools	76.9%					(n/a)		56.4	52.6	53.3	41.2	53.5		27.3	28.6	27.8		42.2	42.1	28.9	39.8
Battle Creek Middle	Public	6-8	2121 Park Dr N	Saint Paul	55119	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 293-8960	619	36	17.0	79.0%	22 (3.6%)	169 (27.3%)	109 (17.6%)	266 (43.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (8.2%)	8.8	508^th of 546 public middle schools	7.0%		7.5	492^nd of 519 public middle schools	5.2%	16		18.7	14.1	19.0		17.2		5.0		5.0		5.2	7.1	9.6	7.4	$16,110
Skyview Middle School	Public	6-8	1100 Heron Ave N	Oakdale	55128	Washington County	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	No	No	No	No	(651) 702-8000	1,029	64	16.1	62.4%	255 (24.8%)	213 (20.7%)	185 (18.0%)	263 (25.6%)	8 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	104 (10.1%)	40.8	330^th of 546 public middle schools	39.6%		42.2	310^th of 519 public middle schools	40.3%	20		45.9	32.8	39.0		39.2		12.3		12.3		28.4	26.4	34.6	29.6	$14,667
Lake Middle School	Public	6-8	3133 Pioneer Dr	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-6404	1,165	49	23.5	12.4%	709 (60.9%)	105 (9.0%)	56 (4.8%)	212 (18.2%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (6.8%)	92	24^th of 546 public middle schools	95.6%		91.7	25^th of 519 public middle schools	95.2%	1		67.0	55.7	71.5		64.8		27.7		27.7		70.9	61.1	67.4	66.5	$11,268
Academia Cesar Chavez Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	1801 Lacrosse Ave	Saint Paul	55119	Ramsey County	Academias La Paz	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 778-2940	149	0		90.6%	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	143 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	6.9	521^st of 546 public middle schools	4.6%					(n/a)		4.4	7.5	23.3		11.3		4.7		4.7		0.0	5.7	7.0	4.3
Txuj Ci HMong Language & Culture U	Public	5-8	1363 Bush Ave E	Saint Paul	55106	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 744-3592	337	20	17.0	78.9%	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.5%)	11 (3.3%)	310 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.0%)	23.2	434^th of 546 public middle schools	20.5%		18	444^th of 519 public middle schools	14.5%	10	40.5	26.8	17.0	34.2		30.0	11.5	13.2		12.1	33.1	16.2	18.1	30.7	24.4
South St. Paul Middle School	Public	6-8	700 2nd St N	South Saint Paul	55075	Dakota County	South St. Paul Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 306-3659	535	48	11.2	64.7%	234 (43.7%)	53 (9.9%)	185 (34.6%)	19 (3.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.7%)	39.5	339^th of 546 public middle schools	37.9%		33	375^th of 519 public middle schools	27.7%	36		44.1	35.4	48.3		42.6		12.9		12.9		18.1	29.0	22.6	23.2
HOPE Community Academy Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	720 Payne Ave	Saint Paul	55130	Ramsey County	Hope Community Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(651) 796-4500	221	13	17.2	90.0%	3 (1.4%)	9 (4.1%)	3 (1.4%)	206 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.4	502^nd of 546 public middle schools	8.1%		10.5	480^th of 519 public middle schools	7.5%	22		15.6	5.1	32.9		17.7		4.1		4.1		5.3	2.6	8.1	5.3

Frequently Asked Questions about E-Stem Middle School

What district is E-Stem Middle School in?

Saint Paul Public Schools

How many students attend E-Stem Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 512 students attended E-Stem Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of E-Stem Middle School?

Students at E-Stem Middle School are 42% Asian, 22% African American, 15% Hispanic, 12% White, 9% Two or more races.

Is E-Stem Middle School a good school?

E-Stem Middle School ranks in the bottom 13.9% of Minnesota middle schools.

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