Summary:
ZIP code 55102 contains exactly one middle school in the supplied data — Global Arts Plus Upper, a Saint Paul Public Schools school at 810 Palace Ave serving grades 5–8 with 437 students. Because it is the only listed middle school in the ZIP, families here are not choosing among local middle-school peers; the useful comparisons are between this school, its district, and Minnesota statewide. Context figures show 66.13% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025 and a student-teacher ratio of 17.5.
Statewide, Global Arts Plus Upper ranked 476 of 546 Minnesota middle schools in 2025–2026 — the 13th percentile, with 1 star. Its recent ranking history is similar: 12th percentile in 2023–2024 and 17th percentile in 2024–2025, so it has stayed in the bottom fifth of state middle schools. All-grade proficiency in 2025–2026 was 16.8% in Math, 23.4% in Reading, and 11.3% in Science, each below both the district (27.8% Math, 34.2% Reading, 19.0% Science) and the state (44.9% Math, 48.6% Reading, 25.5% Science). The one clear bright spot is 5th grade Math at 32.9%, which beats the district's 27.2% but remains 9.0 points below the state's 41.9%.
Grade-level results show a sharp 6th grade drop-off: Math falls from 32.9% in 5th grade to 7.8% in 6th, and Reading from 31.6% to 11.4%. The weakest reported results are 8th grade Science at 6.0%, 6th grade Math at 7.8%, and 8th grade Math at 10.1%. Reading also declined year over year, from 29.34% to 23.4%, while Math and Science improved only slightly. Overall, the school is below its district and the state in nearly every reported grade and subject, with 5th grade Math the lone exception.
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