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Jj Hill Montessori

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-5

668^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 23% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Jj Hill Montessori is a public magnet elementary school in Saint Paul Public Schools that serves 342 students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. While the school is part of a district ranked 345 out of 446 in Minnesota, Jj Hill Montessori consistently underperforms both state and district averages in math and reading proficiency.

In the 2024-2025 school year, Jj Hill Montessori's overall math proficiency was 26.21%, compared to 45.21% for the state and 26.55% for the district. Similarly, the school's reading proficiency was 41.67%, compared to 49.59% for the state and 34.82% for the district. The school's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, with African American and low-income students ranking in the bottom 10% of Minnesota elementary schools for math and reading.

Jj Hill Montessori's academic challenges are further highlighted when compared to nearby schools, such as Randolph Heights Elementary and Global Arts Plus Lower, which have consistently outperformed Jj Hill Montessori in both math and reading proficiency. The school's high percentage of students from low-income families, at 40.94%, may contribute to these academic struggles, as research has shown a strong correlation between poverty and lower academic performance.

360

Students ?

13.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,611

Per pupil spending ?

35%

Free/discounted lunch ?

998 Selby Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55104-6532

(651) 293-8720

District: Saint Paul Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

White:

54.4%

African American:

20.0%

Two or more races:

14.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 15th percentile in 2015 → 23rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (34% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg31%

Minnesota avg47%

668^th of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 23%▲ up 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 23% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 38Elementary Schools in the Saint Paul Public Schools

345^th of 446Saint Paul Public Schools 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	27.4	668 of 872	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.6	700 of 881	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.3	660 of 845	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.1	677 of 858	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.6	723 of 869	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.9	689 of 870	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.7	653 of 847	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.7	738 of 853	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	20.6	719 of 848	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	21.0	712 of 840	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	42.6	574 of 826	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	44.4	548 of 824	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2012	44.9	573 of 820	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2011	47.6	534 of 814	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	40.2	620 of 803	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	39.2	599 of 781	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	38.3	611 of 777	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	34.8	618 of 756	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	28.3	579 of 685	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	45.7	447 of 676	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2003	26.7	563 of 674	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	8.0	293 of 298	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	279 of 310	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.1	263 of 282	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.6	273 of 283	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.5	242 of 266	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2019	27.5	206 of 239	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.8	168 of 242	30.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	27.0	624 of 799	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.9	687 of 809	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.7	667 of 787	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.1	628 of 799	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.1	682 of 783	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.8	622 of 787	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.3	598 of 774	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	13.5	701 of 764	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	724 of 793	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.5	701 of 774	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.8	595 of 663	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	6.4	675 of 683	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.1	721 of 740	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.8	722 of 728	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	27.4	627 of 812	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.9	614 of 826	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.6	585 of 799	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.3	647 of 808	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.3	644 of 784	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.6	647 of 798	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.2	602 of 779	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	29.2	59 of 81	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	28.4	436 of 562	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.8	482 of 572	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	29.6	572 of 714	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.2	616 of 730	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.6	613 of 712	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.4	589 of 725	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.0	651 of 710	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	30.7	587 of 722	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.3	442 of 712	37.9%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Multi-racial (2024)27th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)22nd percentile~ school

White (2025)20th percentile-4 vs school

English Language Learner (2019)14th percentile-7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile-15 vs school

African American (2025)2nd percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading42%-8 vs state

Math26%-19 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Terrible. Most of the teachers are unexperienced and don't understand the students. They claim to stand up against bullying, and they even won an award for it! But almost half of the student population is bullies. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, July 21, 2016

It is a good school if you get one of the good teachers. More rookies now. Lots of.visible Infighting between staff. Two teacher regularly bully kids and the others just stay silent. PTO is overbearing and runs the show if you are not a joiner and can't be a visible presence you will not be taken seriously. A few parents have really ruined the school and stirred up tons of trouble. They hang out at the school and drink coffee like it was Starbucks. Too many special favors granted to financially generous parents. PTO is very competitive about fund raising not community but they talk a good game

Special Ed students are seen a problems and some school staff talk loudly about the kids that don't fit in. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)							MCA-III Reading (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
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
Jj Hill Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	998 Selby Ave	Saint Paul	55104	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(651) 293-8720	360	26	13.8	35.0%	196 (54.4%)	72 (20.0%)	30 (8.3%)	8 (2.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (14.4%)	27.4	668^th of 872 public elementary schools	23.4%		23.6	700^th of 881 public elementary schools	20.5%	32	24.1	38.8	14.3				26.2	36.5	40.8	48.8				41.7	$15,611
Maxfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	380 Victoria St N	Saint Paul	55104	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 293-8680	331	27	12.2	88.5%	36 (10.9%)	181 (54.7%)	43 (13.0%)	22 (6.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (13.9%)	5.6	829^th of 872 public elementary schools	4.9%		2.8	867^th of 881 public elementary schools	1.6%	38	14.6	10.3	7.0				10.6	25.6	7.7	18.6				17.6	$20,879
Global Arts Plus Lower	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-4	1023 Osceola Ave	Saint Paul	55105	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(651) 293-6606	410	32	12.7	67.8%	111 (27.1%)	102 (24.9%)	84 (20.5%)	59 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	52 (12.7%)	11.5	778^th of 872 public elementary schools	10.8%		8.6	804^th of 881 public elementary schools	8.7%	26	30.8	20.0					25.7	27.2	17.5					22.7	$15,689
HGA Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	1381 Marshall Ave	Saint Paul	55104	Ramsey County	Higher Ground Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 645-1000	525	30	17.6	94.3%	30 (5.7%)	491 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43.5	533^rd of 872 public elementary schools	38.9%		35.5	611^th of 881 public elementary schools	30.6%	78	48.2	58.0	38.5				48.3	33.3	36.3	53.9				41.0	$13,537
Early Education Ben Mays/Rondo	Public	PK-K	560 Rondo Ave	Saint Paul	55103	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 325-2691	0	3	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)															$16,581
Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo	Public, Magnet	1-8	560 Rondo Ave	Saint Paul	55103	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(651) 325-2500	1,066	49	21.6	41.6%	435 (40.8%)	236 (22.1%)	79 (7.4%)	185 (17.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	131 (12.3%)	82.9	110^th of 872 public elementary schools	87.4%		86	80^th of 881 public elementary schools	90.9%	30	83.2	66.2	47.7	49.7	63.6	51.1	59.5	67.8	67.1	72.3	71.2	64.0	65.0	67.9	$12,271
Benjamin E Mays IB World School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	560 Rondo Ave	Saint Paul	55103	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(651) 325-2400	336	30	11.1	92.6%	30 (8.9%)	220 (65.5%)	24 (7.1%)	26 (7.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (10.4%)	1.8	870^th of 872 public elementary schools	0.2%		3.8	857^th of 881 public elementary schools	2.7%	13	5.0	7.8	0.0				4.4	2.5	9.6	2.3				5.2	$5,237
Randolph Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	348 Hamline Ave S	Saint Paul	55105	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 293-8780	448	24	18.8	25.9%	306 (68.3%)	47 (10.5%)	30 (6.7%)	14 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (11.2%)	91.5	32^nd of 872 public elementary schools	96.3%		90.7	32^nd of 881 public elementary schools	96.4%		93.4	74.3	64.3				77.8	84.2	65.7	77.1				75.9	$13,333
The Journey School	Public, Charter	K-6	775 Lexington Parkway N	Saint Paul	55104	Ramsey County	The Journey School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 389-1579	125	6	20.8	84.0%	3 (2.4%)	81 (64.8%)	15 (12.0%)	4 (3.2%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (15.2%)	4.3	844^th of 872 public elementary schools	3.2%		6.5	821^st of 881 public elementary schools	6.8%	23	5.0	25.0	0.0	0.0			7.1	0.0	17.7	27.8	6.3			12.7
East African Magnet School	Public	PK, KG-6	437 Edmund Ave	Saint Paul	55103	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 767-8232	296	26	11.4	92.9%	3 (1.0%)	281 (94.9%)	3 (1.0%)	7 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	6.2	824^th of 872 public elementary schools	5.5%		6	829^th of 881 public elementary schools	5.9%	5	17.5	11.8	7.1	0.0			10.5	15.0	8.8	39.3	18.2			19.4

Frequently Asked Questions about Jj Hill Montessori

What district is Jj Hill Montessori in?

Saint Paul Public Schools

Is Jj Hill Montessori a good school?

Jj Hill Montessori ranks in the bottom 23.4% of Minnesota elementary schools.

How many students attend Jj Hill Montessori?

In the 2024-25 school year, 360 students attended Jj Hill Montessori.

What is the racial makeup of Jj Hill Montessori?

Students at Jj Hill Montessori are 54% White, 20% African American, 14% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

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