Summary:
ZIP code 55118 in West Saint Paul contains just one middle school: Heritage E-Stem Magnet School, a grades 5–8 campus at 121 W Butler Ave serving 761 students in the West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan district. About 52.04% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.6. The district overall is rated 4 stars and ranks 134 of 458 (71st percentile), while Heritage is rated 3 stars and ranks 227 of 546 (58th percentile) — above the statewide median, but below its own district's profile.
Academically, reading is Heritage's relative strength and math is its clear weak spot. All-grade reading proficiency is 48.8%, essentially tied with the state (48.6%) and close to the district (50.5%). All-grade math, however, is 29.9% — 15.0 points below both the district and state, which each report 44.9%. Science sits at 22.3%, below the district (25.3%) and state (25.5%). That leaves the school with an 18.9-point reading-versus-math gap, compared with only 5.6 points in the district and 3.7 points statewide.
Grade by grade, 8th grade is the standout cohort: reading is 55.9% (above the state's 50.0%), math is 40.7% (near the district's 43.0% and state's 42.3%), and science is 19.6% (above the state's 16.7%). Grade 7 is the low point, with reading at 35.7% (state: 43.5%) and math at 24.7% (state: 40.3%). Reading also slipped year over year, from 53.32% in 2024–25 to 48.8% in 2025–26, while math stayed flat near 30% and science held near 22%. Rank history shows gains from 254 of 545 in 2023–24 to 215 of 519 in 2024–25, then a slight dip to 227 of 546 in 2025–26.
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