MMSA Secondary School
SAINT PAUL · MN · Minnesota Math and Science Academy · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Creative Arts Secondary School → St. Paul City High School → HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS → Community School of Excellence High → City Academy → LEAP High School → STEP Academy Charter School → Focus Beyond →📋 At a glance
- 📚 8 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: 61st percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 22% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How MMSA Secondary School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 61st percentile nationally with 8 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Creative Arts Secondary School, St. Paul City High School, HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
61st percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 22% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,778/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +31.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 327 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $16,524 per student in district revenue, the 964 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $15,929,136/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Arts Secondary School SAINT PAUL |
Public | 1.8 | 179 | +6.5% |
| St. Paul City High School SAINT PAUL |
Public · charter | 1.3 | 152 | +120.3% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS SAINT PAUL |
Public · charter | 3.0 | 181 | -41.8% |
| Community School of Excellence High SAINT PAUL |
Public · charter | 1.6 | 199 | +37.2% |
| City Academy SAINT PAUL |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 135 | +17.4% |
| LEAP High School SAINT PAUL |
Public | 1.2 | 220 | +84.9% |
| STEP Academy Charter School SAINT PAUL |
Public · charter | 1.6 | 224 | -1.8% |
| Focus Beyond SAINT PAUL |
Public | 3.0 | 212 | -10.5% |