Elementary · Minnesota

LIFE Prep

CharterFree meals for all

LIFE Prep, a public elementary school in Saint Paul, Minnesota: grades pre-k–6, 134 students, 13.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Life Prep.

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
134
Teachers (FTE)
10.0
Students per teacher
13.4
Grades
Pre-K–6
Elementary

More students per teacher than 51% of elementary schools in Minnesota

Median 13.3 · 967 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 63% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 85% of elementary schools in Minnesota

Median 389 · 1,009 schools compared

Smaller than 93% 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%

22%proficient

+3.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 91% of elementary schools in Minnesota

Median 48% · 886 elementary schools compared

67 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Minnesota: 47%

7.7%proficient

+3.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 97% of elementary schools in Minnesota

Median 51% · 886 elementary schools compared

65 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · 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–6
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city
Run by
Life Prep

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Life Prep.

Location

Address
930 Geranium Ave East, Saint Paul, MN 55106
Phone
(651)793-6624
City or town
St. Paul

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–463811.320%32%
Farnsworth Aerospace LowerFree meals for all
Pre-K–446613.425%30%
Community of Peace Academy ElemCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–432611.713%13%
HOPE Community Academy ElementaryCharterFree meals for all
K–54348.518%20%
Bruce F Vento ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–544611.512%5.3%
STEP Academy ElementaryCharterFree meals for all
K–521411.330%18%

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

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.

NCES 270015602951