Middle · Minnesota
Columbia Academy
Free meals for allColumbia Academy, a public middle school in Columbia Heights, Minnesota: grades 6–8, 719 students, 17.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Columbia Heights Public School Dist.
Size and class size
Compared with middle 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
- 719
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.6
- Students per teacher
- 17.3
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 61% of middle schools in Minnesota
Median 16.4 · 292 schools compared
More students per teacher than 73% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 69% of middle schools in Minnesota
Median 454 · 314 schools compared
Larger than 71% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 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%21%proficient
−1.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 91% of middle schools in Minnesota
Median 47% · 286 middle schools compared
735 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Minnesota: 47%13%proficient
+1.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 87% of middle schools in Minnesota
Median 37% · 286 middle schools compared
731 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · 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
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District 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 Columbia Heights Public School Dist.
Location
- Address
- 900 49TH Ave NE, Columbia Heights, MN 55421
- Phone
- (763)528-4701
- City or town
- Hilltop
- County
- Anoka County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Columbia Academy Anchor ProgramAlternative | 6–8 | 6 | — | — | — |
Prodeo Columbia Heights MiddleCharterFree meals for all | 5–8 | 291 | 13.2 | 25% | 15% |
Fridley Middle Area Learning CenterAlternative | 5–8 | 24 | — | — | — |
| 5–8 | 694 | 11.7 | 36% | 29% | |
| 6–8 | 823 | 16.8 | 55% | 47% | |
Northeast MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 541 | 14.1 | 26% | 19% |
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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