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Sejong Academy Lower School

Public, Charter Grades PK, KG-5

686^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 21% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Sejong Academy Lower School is a public charter elementary school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 251 students. The school is part of the Sejong Academy of Minnesota district, which is ranked 343 out of 446 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sejong Academy Lower School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Minnesota elementary schools, with low proficiency rates on state assessments, particularly in math and reading. The school's performance is significantly below the state averages, and it is also lower than the district-wide averages for the Sejong Academy of Minnesota. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Asian students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, but it performs relatively better for English Language Learner (ELL) students.

Despite having a lower student-teacher ratio than many nearby schools, Sejong Academy Lower School has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 80.88% to 90.42% over the past three school years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. This suggests that the school may be facing significant challenges in addressing the needs of its economically disadvantaged students, which could be contributing to its overall academic underperformance.

196

Students ?

11.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,569

Per pupil spending ?

85.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2410 Stillwater Rd E
Maplewood, MN 55119-8888

(651) 301-8722

District: Sejong Academy of Minnesota

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

92.9%

Two or more races:

4.1%

White:

1.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 12th percentile in 2016 → 21st in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 9 percentile points since 2016

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (30% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!Reading scores 22 pts below the Minnesota average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school30%

District avg30%

Minnesota avg47%

686^th of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 21%▲ up 9 pts since 2016

From bottom 12% (2016) to bottom 21% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

343^rd of 446Sejong Academy of Minnesota among Minnesota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	24.5	686 of 872	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.9	690 of 881	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.2	751 of 845	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.0	713 of 858	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.6	746 of 869	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	49.0	521 of 870	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	20.0	712 of 847	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.0	742 of 853	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	14.9	746 of 848	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	27.6	102 of 140	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.0	112 of 154	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	109 of 128	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.5	94 of 131	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.5	59 of 88	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.0	73 of 136	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.2	98 of 134	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	64.0	58 of 303	80.9%	★★★★☆
2024	64.6	64 of 303	78.9%	★★★★☆
2023	53.3	101 of 276	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.4	79 of 256	69.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	85.5	6 of 175	96.6%	★★★★★
2019	95.0	2 of 239	99.2%	★★★★★
2018	76.9	29 of 242	88.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	18.2	673 of 799	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.3	656 of 809	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.5	681 of 787	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.5	646 of 799	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	40.2	487 of 764	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.4	547 of 793	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	19.3	663 of 774	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.9	437 of 663	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.8	519 of 683	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	67.6	205 of 740	72.3%	★★★★☆
2018	36.1	531 of 728	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	32.6	598 of 812	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.1	637 of 826	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.8	689 of 799	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	673 of 808	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.4	690 of 784	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	46.5	499 of 798	37.5%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2022	31.1	372 of 520	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.1	404 of 521	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.5	418 of 533	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.1	448 of 518	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2022	25.6	78 of 110	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.4	64 of 87	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.7	87 of 112	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.6	88 of 108	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2022	88.6	3 of 130	97.7%	★★★★★
2021	92.2	3 of 102	97.1%	★★★★★
2019	98.2	1 of 120	99.2%	★★★★★
2018	97.8	1 of 109	99.1%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2022	30.4	346 of 467	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	41.5	297 of 439	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2022	55.8	152 of 404	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	44.1	224 of 399	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.1	259 of 415	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.9	288 of 401	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2022	30.3	345 of 476	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.3	410 of 454	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2025)81st percentile+60 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)36th percentile+15 vs school

Asian (2025)27th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)26th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile-6 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2022)98th percentile+69 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2022)62nd percentile+34 vs school

Asian (2022)29th percentile~ school

Male (2022)28th percentile~ school

Female (2022)26th percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Math33%-12 vs state

Reading28%-22 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, April 16, 2020

Ever since the online school started because of the pandemic, I had chances to sit by my kid and learned how the teachers at Sejong Academy work hard to provide their students with high quality education. My son was transferred from a private school to Sejong Academy to learn Korean Language. So far the quality of education at Sejong Academy has been no less than a well recognized private school in Minnesota. Thank you Teachers and Director Dr. Tipka!!! You deserve Five Stars!!! Close Quote

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Sejong Academy Lower School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	2410 Stillwater Rd E	Maplewood	55119	Ramsey County	Sejong Academy of Minnesota	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 301-8722	196	17	11.6	85.2%	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	182 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	24.5	686^th of 872 public elementary schools	21.3%		24.9	690^th of 881 public elementary schools	21.7%	4	60.0	28.6	9.7				32.9	40.0	23.8	19.4				28.1	$14,569
Achieve Language Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2169 Stillwater Ave	Saint Paul	55119	Ramsey County	Achieve Language Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 738-4875	451	34	13.1	81.2%	21 (4.7%)	43 (9.5%)	227 (50.3%)	134 (29.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.3%)	8.1	809^th of 872 public elementary schools	7.2%		8.9	800^th of 881 public elementary schools	9.2%	9	22.2	32.5	6.1	5.1	7.0	6.8	13.1	15.9	20.0	20.0	27.5	37.2	34.1	25.7	$14,603
Nokomis Montessori North Campus	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	985 Ruth St N	Saint Paul	55119	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(651) 744-7440	344	31	11.1	61.9%	62 (18.0%)	18 (5.2%)	42 (12.2%)	178 (51.7%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (11.6%)	10.6	790^th of 872 public elementary schools	9.4%		7.5	813^th of 881 public elementary schools	7.7%	23	28.3	29.6	5.9				21.5	24.5	24.1	20.0				22.9	$15,872
Eastern Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2001 Margaret St	Saint Paul	55119	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 293-8870	318	28	11.2	81.8%	31 (9.7%)	60 (18.9%)	36 (11.3%)	154 (48.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (11.6%)	8.5	804^th of 872 public elementary schools	7.8%		18	738^th of 881 public elementary schools	16.2%	66	22.2	23.9	13.2				19.3	16.7	19.6	26.4				21.5	$19,421
Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	1801 Lacrosse Ave	Saint Paul	55119	Ramsey County	Academias La Paz	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 778-2940	336	0	11.5	88.7%	36 (10.7%)	1 (0.3%)	296 (88.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	1.7	872^nd of 872 public elementary schools	0.0%		3.1	864^th of 881 public elementary schools	1.9%	8	1.8	4.8	0.0				2.0	1.8	11.9	5.7				6.0	$14,606
Hazel Park Preparatory Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	1140 White Bear Ave N	Saint Paul	55106	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 293-8970	489	33	14.9	92.2%	38 (7.8%)	158 (32.3%)	59 (12.1%)	199 (40.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.2%)	3.9	848^th of 872 public elementary schools	2.8%		4.1	854^th of 881 public elementary schools	3.1%	6	20.9	12.8	0.0	5.1	12.2	4.4	9.1	16.7	10.9	4.6	15.3	16.7	11.6	12.8	$5,237
L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1760 Ames Place	Saint Paul	55106	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(651) 744-6970	282	21	13.6	37.6%	113 (40.1%)	70 (24.8%)	34 (12.1%)	14 (5.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (17.4%)	69.8	270^th of 872 public elementary schools	69.0%		76.2	181^st of 881 public elementary schools	79.5%	89	56.8	66.7	46.4				57.7	57.9	51.3	69.0				58.5	$14,526
The Heights Community School	Public	PK, KG-5	1863 Clear Ave E	Saint Paul	55119	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 293-8815	346	32	10.6	84.7%	32 (9.2%)	69 (19.9%)	76 (22.0%)	139 (40.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.7%)	6.6	821^st of 872 public elementary schools	5.8%		11.8	781^st of 881 public elementary schools	11.4%	40	26.1	21.4	8.8				19.7	10.4	11.9	29.4				16.1	$16,687
Nokomis Montessori South Campus	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	525 White Bear Ave N	Saint Paul	55106	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(651) 744-5500	258	26	9.9	67.8%	61 (23.6%)	35 (13.6%)	24 (9.3%)	107 (41.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (11.6%)	18.2	724^th of 872 public elementary schools	17.0%		14.3	765^th of 881 public elementary schools	13.2%	41	34.2	23.5	8.6				22.4	29.0	29.4	45.7				34.6	$17,309
Cornerstone Montessori Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	1611 Ames Ave	Saint Paul	55106	Ramsey County	Cornerstone Montessori Elementary	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 774-5000	132	11	12.4	54.5%	48 (36.4%)	23 (17.4%)	27 (20.5%)	13 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (15.9%)	34	606^th of 872 public elementary schools	30.5%		40.5	580^th of 881 public elementary schools	34.2%	26	20.0	11.1	16.7	31.3			19.4	45.0	16.7	66.7	62.5			47.2	$13,321

Frequently Asked Questions about Sejong Academy Lower School

How many students attend Sejong Academy Lower School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 196 students attended Sejong Academy Lower School.

Is Sejong Academy Lower School a good school?

Sejong Academy Lower School ranks in the bottom 21.3% of Minnesota elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Sejong Academy Lower School?

Students at Sejong Academy Lower School are 93% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 1% White, 1% African American, 1% Hispanic.

What district is Sejong Academy Lower School in?

Sejong Academy of Minnesota

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