Summary:
Hmong College Prep Academy is a Minnesota district with three schools—one elementary (K–5), one middle (6–8), and one high school (9–12)—all sharing the same Saint Paul campus at 1515 Brewster Street. Total enrollment is 2,503: 988 at the Hmong College Prep Academy Elementary School, 724 at the Hmong College Prep Academy Middle School, and 791 at the Hmong College Prep Academy High School. The district is ranked 398 out of 458 in Minnesota, at the 13th percentile with 1 star, and all three schools serve high-poverty populations, with free/reduced-lunch rates above 79%.
The high school is the strongest performer. It ranks at the 32nd percentile (324 of 473) with 2 stars, has the best reading (28.8%) and science (24.4%) proficiency, and posts strong graduation (92.2%) and low dropout (1.5%) rates—both better than the state. The elementary school has the largest enrollment, the lowest student-teacher ratio (10.8), and the highest math proficiency (22.0%), with reading at 24.7%. But its science proficiency is only 5.9%, and it ranks at the 9th percentile with 0 stars. The middle school is the most challenged: it has the lowest math (12.6%) and reading (19.2%) proficiency, science at 6.4%, the highest student-teacher ratio (17.8), and ranks at the 11th percentile with 1 star.
Districtwide, proficiency trails the state by 27.7 points in math, 26.1 points in reading, and 14.3 points in science. Science is a systemwide weakness outside the high school, where elementary (5.9%) and middle (6.4%) scores are far below the state’s 25.5%. The high school’s reading fell from 38.24% to 28.8% year over year, and science from 28.0% to 24.4%, though its 2024–2025 science was above the state. Overall, the high school is the district’s bright spot, the middle school is the weakest link, and the elementary school combines relative math/reading strengths with severe science weakness.
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