At a Glance

Quick Statistics About New Century School

School Demographics

  • Type of School: Preschool-12 Charter School
  • Location: Saint Paul, MN
  • Authorizer: Volunteers of America-Minnesota (VOA-MN)
  • Academic Schedule: Traditional (August – June)
  • Curriculum Focus: STEM
  • Teacher to Student Ratio: 28:1 (2024)

Achievements

  • High Quality Charter School – MDE (February 2022)
  • Finance Award – VOA School Network (June 2021)
  • Engineering Machine Design Contest Champions (May 2021)
  • School Sparrow’s Top 9 Elementary Schools (July 2020)
  • Beating the Odds School (Star Tribune, 2019)
  • Engineering Awards (Engineering Machine Design Contest, Minnesota State University, 2019)
    • ABOVE & BEYOND AWARD, 3rd Place
  • Authorizer Award (2018): Most improved school in Reading, Math, and overall Academic Work
  • Innovative Design Award (Minnesota Regional Tournament, First Lego League, 2019-2020)
  • Judges Award (Minnesota Regional Tournament, First Lego League, 2019-2020)
  • PBIS Cohort Award (State of Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Education, 2018-2020)
  • School Finance Award (2019, 2018, 2017): MN Department of Education
  • Bush Foundation grant Award (2019)
  • North Star Report: Recognized for being in the top 5% of schools on one of the multiple measures of success (2018)