Middle · Minnesota
HGA Junior High
CharterHGA Junior High, a public middle school in Saint Paul, Minnesota: grades 6–7, 196 students, 73.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Higher Ground Academy.
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
- 196
- Teachers (FTE)
- 2.7
- Students per teacher
- 73.1
- Grades
- 6–7
- Middle
More students per teacher than 99% of middle schools in Minnesota
Median 16.4 · 292 schools compared
More students per teacher than 100% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 68% of middle schools in Minnesota
Median 454 · 314 schools compared
Smaller than 86% 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%46%proficient
+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 52% of middle schools in Minnesota
Median 47% · 286 middle schools compared
173 students tested, grades 6, 7 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Minnesota: 47%20%proficient
+2.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 78% of middle schools in Minnesota
Median 37% · 286 middle schools compared
172 students tested, grades 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
- Middle · Grades 6–7
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large city
- Run by
- Higher Ground Academy
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Higher Ground Academy.
Location
- Address
- 1381 Marshall Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55104
- Phone
- (651)645-1000
- City or town
- St. Paul
- County
- Ramsey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–8 | 117 | 7.0 | 75% | 35% | |
Hidden River Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 640 | 21.9 | 45% | 35% |
The Journey School MiddleCharterFree meals for all | 7–8 | 12 | 12.0 | — | — |
Hmong College Prep Academy MSCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 724 | 17.8 | 20% | 10% |
Global Arts Plus UpperFree meals for all | 5–8 | 437 | 17.5 | 29% | 17% |
| 7–8 | 15 | 8.1 | — | — |
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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