Ramsey County saw 40.3% of their students pass the reading portion of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) in the 2023-24 school year, according to the [“Minnesota Department of Education“, “Ramsey County”].
Of the 41,364 students who took part in the MCA, 28.7% met the testing standard while 11.6% exceeded expectations and scored highest on the test.
The passing rate among Ramsey County students fell by 0.2% from the previous school year.
The MCA and the Minnesota Test of Academic Skills (MTAS) are the state tests that help districts measure student progress toward Minnesota’s academic standards and also meet federal and state legislative requirements. The tests cover math, reading and science, depending on the grade that is being tested. Most students take the MCA, but students who receive special education services and meet eligibility requirements may take the MTAS instead.
Overall proficiency on Minnesota’s MCA exams has declined compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to Minnesota’s Report Card. Math proficiency, for example, dropped by more than 7% from 2019, while reading proficiency fell by almost 5%.
Percent of Ramsey County Students Meeting Reading Standards During 2023-24 School Year
| School name | Students who met standards (%) | Students who exceed standards (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School | 14.1% | 1% |
| Achieve Language Academy | 19% | 4.6% |
| Adams Magnet Elementary School | 36.7% | 15.6% |
| AFSA Elementary School | 20.9% | 9.3% |
| AFSA High School | 29.6% | 7% |
| American Indian Magnet School | 14.9% | 2.5% |
| Avalon Middle School | 31.3% | 16.4% |
| Avalon School | 42.1% | 21.1% |
| Battle Creek Elementary School | 28.1% | 3.2% |
| Battle Creek Middle School | 12.8% | 1.4% |
| Bel Air Elementary School | 41.1% | 16.6% |
| Benjamin E. Mays IB World School | 12% | 0.6% |
| Birch Lake Elementary School | 38% | 7.4% |
| Brimhall Elementary School | 33.7% | 16.4% |
| Bruce F. Vento Elementary School | 11.3% | 0% |
| Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo | 43.7% | 25.3% |
| Career Pathways | 6.3% | 0% |
| Carver Elementary School | 28.5% | 9.8% |
| Central Middle School | 36.4% | 16.7% |
| Central Park Elementary School | 23.2% | 5.5% |
| Central Senior High School | 36.4% | 24.5% |
| Chelsea Heights Elementary School | 36.7% | 18% |
| Cherokee Heights Elementary School | 19.8% | 7.7% |
| Chippewa Middle School | 39.6% | 29% |
| Community of Peace Academy Elementary School | 14% | 1% |
| Community of Peace Academy High School | 31% | 3.5% |
| Community of Peace Academy Middle School | 22.1% | 2.8% |
| Community School of Excellence – Middle School | 27.2% | 3.6% |
| Community School of Excellence Elementary School | 19% | 2.1% |
| Community School of Excellence High School | 23.1% | 0% |
| Como Park Elementary School | 31.4% | 3.2% |
| Como Park Senior High School | 22.7% | 10.5% |
| Cornerstone Montessori Elementary School | 37.8% | 14.9% |
| Cowern Elementary School | 21.2% | 7.1% |
| Creative Arts Secondary School | 22.8% | 6% |
| Crossroads Montessori | 16.2% | 8.1% |
| Crossroads Science Program | 20.6% | 3.7% |
| Daytons Bluff Elementary School | 12.1% | 1% |
| East African Magnet School | 17.2% | 0% |
| Eastern Heights Elementary School | 26.8% | 4.9% |
| Edgerton Elementary School | 34.4% | 10% |
| Edgewood Middle School | 31.8% | 13.4% |
| EXPO for Excellence Elementary School | 31.2% | 13.9% |
| Face to Face Academy | 16.7% | 16.7% |
| Falcon Heights Elementary School | 44.6% | 28.3% |
| Farnsworth Aerospace Lower | 16.3% | 2.1% |
| Farnsworth Aerospace Upper | 24.9% | 3.6% |
| Four Seasons Elementary School | 2.8% | 0.7% |
| Frost Lake Elementary School | 16.7% | 0.4% |
| Gentry Academy High | 44.8% | 6.9% |
| Gentry Academy Middle | 41.8% | 9% |
| Global Academy | 38% | 14% |
| Global Arts Plus Lower | 18.8% | 0.7% |
| Global Arts Plus Upper | 21.3% | 8.9% |
| Great River Elementary School | 44.9% | 21.1% |
| Great River School | 33.9% | 26.2% |
| Groveland Park Elementary School | 35.4% | 18.6% |
| Hamline Elementary School | 12.7% | 3.2% |
| Harambee Elementary School | 22.9% | 2.9% |
| Harding Senior High School | 30.5% | 3.5% |
| Hazel Park Preparatory Academy | 9.7% | 1.3% |
| HGA Elementary School | 31.8% | 6.8% |
| HGA Junior High School | 35.8% | 9.7% |
| HGA Secondary School | 40.7% | 13% |
| Hidden River Middle School | 25.4% | 12.1% |
| High School for Recording Arts | 9.4% | 0% |
| Highland Park Elementary School | 23.3% | 6.8% |
| Highland Park Middle School | 27.3% | 17.4% |
| Highland Park Senior High School | 31.9% | 29.5% |
| Highview Middle School | 34.5% | 17.8% |
| Highwood Hills Elementary School | 8.3% | 0.9% |
| Hmong College Prep Academy Elementary School | 18.5% | 1.1% |
| Hmong College Prep Academy High School | 33% | 7.1% |
| Hmong College Prep Academy Middle School | 18.5% | 3% |
| HOPE Community Academy Elementary | 15.3% | 1.3% |
| HOPE Community Academy High School | 26.5% | 2.9% |
| HOPE Community Academy Middle School | 14% | 2.5% |
| Horace Mann School | 36.1% | 37.1% |
| Humboldt High School | 16.2% | 1.3% |
| Irondale Senior High School | 36.4% | 20.2% |
| Island Lake Elementary School | 42.5% | 18.2% |
| Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy | 34.7% | 42.2% |
| JJ Hill Montessori | 29.3% | 8.2% |
| John Glenn Middle School | 19.5% | 4.9% |
| Johnson Senior High School | 32.2% | 5.2% |
| Justice Alan Page Elementary School | 22.4% | 2.9% |
| L’Etoile du Nord French Immersion | 36.8% | 24.8% |
| Lakeaires Elementary School | 39% | 11.8% |
| Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter | 38.7% | 33.3% |
| LEAP High School | 1.9% | 0% |
| Level Up Academy | 28.4% | 4.5% |
| Level Up Academy Middle School | 33.3% | 9.5% |
| LIFE Prep | 19% | 0% |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 51.9% | 23.5% |
| Lionsgate Academy – Shoreview | 24% | 13.5% |
| Little Canada Elementary School | 20.9% | 7.2% |
| Mariner Area Learning Center | 5.3% | 0% |
| Matoska International | 47% | 7.5% |
| Maxfield Elementary School | 12.3% | 0.7% |
| Midway Star Academy | 28.5% | 3.6% |
| Mississippi Creative Arts Elementary School | 12.9% | 1.1% |
| MMSA Elementary School | 15.8% | 3% |
| MMSA Secondary School | 22.4% | 3.5% |
| Mounds View Senior High School | 39% | 27.3% |
| Murray Middle School | 26.3% | 13.4% |
| New Century School | 23.5% | 3.4% |
| New Century School Secondary Program | 28.5% | 5.5% |
| Nokomis Montessori North Campus | 20.7% | 2.8% |
| Nokomis Montessori South Campus | 24.3% | 8.4% |
| North Metro Flex Academy | 29.6% | 6.2% |
| North Metro Flex Middle School | 31.4% | 5.7% |
| North Senior High School | 30.2% | 12.3% |
| Nova Classical Academy Lower School | 38.3% | 32.5% |
| Nova Classical Academy Upper School | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Oak Hill Montessori Community School | 38.8% | 27.2% |
| Open World Learning Secondary School | 40.9% | 28% |
| Otter Lake Elementary School | 38.3% | 12.8% |
| Parkview Center School | 35.9% | 23% |
| Paul & Sheila Wellstone Elementary School | 10.9% | 0.8% |
| Pinewood Elementary School | 31.3% | 7.1% |
| Prodeo Academy St. Paul Elementary | 28.8% | 5.5% |
| Prodeo Academy St. Paul Middle | 33.3% | 9.2% |
| Quantum STEAM Academy Elementary School | 27.3% | 4.6% |
| Quantum STEAM Academy Middle School | 39.6% | 6.3% |
| Randolph Heights Elementary School | 39.2% | 34.4% |
| Richardson Elementary School | 29.8% | 3.6% |
| Rise Academy | 11.7% | 1.9% |
| Riverview Spanish/English Dual Immersion | 21.6% | 1.8% |
| Roseville Area Middle School | 26.1% | 10.6% |
| Roseville Area Senior High School | 32.6% | 16.3% |
| Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists | 45% | 30% |
| Saint Paul Music Academy | 18.6% | 2.1% |
| Sejong Academy Lower School | 25.7% | 5.5% |
| Sejong Academy Upper School | 29.3% | 5.2% |
| St. Anthony Park Elementary School | 36% | 21.7% |
| St. Paul City High School | 15.2% | 3% |
| St. Paul City Middle School | 13% | 0.7% |
| St. Paul City Primary School | 7.9% | 0.7% |
| St. Paul School of Northern Lights | 31.8% | 10.6% |
| St. Paul School of Northern Lights Secondary | 40% | 13.3% |
| STEP Academy Charter School | 38.7% | 7.9% |
| STEP Academy Elementary | 24.3% | 0.7% |
| Sunnyside Elementary School | 36.2% | 11.4% |
| Sunrise Park Middle School | 32.6% | 13.6% |
| The Heights Community School | 19.1% | 3.7% |
| The Journey School | 19% | 1.7% |
| The Journey School Middle | 8% | 0% |
| Turtle Lake Elementary School | 42.7% | 26.1% |
| Twin Cities Academy | 27.5% | 7% |
| Twin Cities German Immersion Charter School | 45.1% | 23.4% |
| Txuj Ci HMong Language and Culture Lower | 27.4% | 3.3% |
| Txuj Ci HMong Language and Culture Upper | 29.9% | 2.6% |
| Upper Mississippi High Academy | 28.6% | 21.4% |
| Upper Mississippi Middle Academy | 30.4% | 13% |
| Urban Academy | 28.5% | 8.4% |
| Vadnais Heights Elementary School | 32.4% | 17.9% |
| Valentine Hills Elementary School | 38.6% | 16.2% |
| Washington Technology Middle School | 14.8% | 3.4% |
| Washington Technology Senior High School | 34.5% | 3.6% |
| Weaver Elementary School | 30.5% | 6.3% |
| White Bear Area Learning Center | 9.5% | 0% |
| White Bear North Campus Senior | 33.4% | 14.2% |
| Williams Elementary School | 34% | 28.1% |
| Willow Lane Elementary School | 28.7% | 6.6% |
