Elementary · Minnesota
Bultum Academy
CharterFree meals for allBultum Academy, a public elementary school in Columbia Heights, Minnesota: grades pre-k–8, 249 students, 12.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bultum Academy Charter School.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 249
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.8
- Students per teacher
- 12.6
- Grades
- Pre-K–8
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in Minnesota
Median 13.3 · 967 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 72% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 71% of elementary schools in Minnesota
Median 389 · 1,009 schools compared
Smaller than 81% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Minnesota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Minnesota: 49%36%proficient
+0.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 75% of elementary schools in Minnesota
Median 48% · 886 elementary schools compared
121 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Minnesota: 47%30%proficient
+4.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 81% of elementary schools in Minnesota
Median 51% · 886 elementary schools compared
121 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Bultum Academy Charter School.
Location
- Address
- 1555 40TH Ave NE, Columbia Heights, MN 55421
- Phone
- (763)450-3522
- City or town
- Columbia Heights
- County
- Anoka County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Waite Park ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 266 | 11.9 | 66% | 73% |
Highland ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 534 | 15.7 | 21% | 18% |
Valley View ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 568 | 15.6 | 17% | 12% |
Global AcademyCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 447 | 13.0 | 49% | 31% |
Prodeo Columbia Heights PrimaryCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–1 | 218 | 10.4 | — | — |
Prodeo Columbia Heights ElementaryCharterFree meals for all | 2–4 | 227 | 7.8 | 20% | 33% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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