Summary
Hall Academy Elementary is a PK–5 public school in the Minneapolis Public School District, located at 1601 Aldrich Ave N in north Minneapolis and enrolling 234 students, in an area where 94.02% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025.
Academically, Hall sits at the bottom of Minnesota's rankings. It placed 830 of 869 schools for 2025–2026 — the 4th percentile — and received 0 stars, while its own district ranked 310 of 458. Proficiency is far below both district and state levels: math 9.3% (district 37.1%, state 44.9%), reading 12.8% (41.8%, 48.6%), and science 12.0% (21.7%, 25.5%). This is not a one-year dip. Over the past decade the school's statewide percentile has ranged only from 1 to 8, and it has earned 0 stars in every reported year. Math fell from 16.25% in 2024–2025 to 9.3%, and reading slipped from 15.0% to 12.8%, while science improved from 7.69% to 12.0%. Fifth-grade reading, at 20.0%, is the strongest subject-grade result, though 3rd-grade math and reading both sit at 6.9%.
Compared with nearby schools, Hall has the highest reported science proficiency in its immediate area — above Bethune Elementary (2.1%), Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary (2.3%), and Hmong International Elementary (3.6%) — and it outranks those same-district neighbors overall, though all remain in the bottom few percent statewide. Its math and reading, however, trail several nearby charter options: SET Academy Elementary ranks in the 37th percentile with 52.8% math and 34.3% reading, and Twin Cities International Schools reaches 31.1% math and 25.5% reading. School effectiveness ranks for student groups are also very low, with female students at the 8th percentile, male students at the 2nd, and low-income students at the 6th, though these ranks can shift when groups are small. Notably, Hall's student-teacher ratio improved from 11.6 to 8.9 over three years without a matching gain in achievement, suggesting class size alone is not the deciding factor.
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