Summary:
Zip code 55105 in Saint Paul is home to two middle schools serving families in the area: Hidden River Middle School, a district school in Saint Paul Public Schools that serves grades 6–8 with 640 students, and Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter, a charter school serving grades 5–8 with 117 students. The two schools have very different profiles, so parents comparing them will find size, poverty rates, and class sizes differ sharply alongside academics.
Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter is the higher-ranked of the two. In 2025–2026 it placed 97th of 546 schools — the 82nd percentile with 4 stars — down from 91st percentile and 5 stars in 2023–2024. Its all-grade reading proficiency is 64.8%, well above the state's 48.6%, and its science is 27.5%, slightly above the state's 25.5%. It also has a much lower free/reduced-lunch rate (15.38%) and a much lower student-teacher ratio (6.9).
Hidden River Middle School sits at 263rd of 546 — 52nd percentile, 3 stars — a large improvement from 31st percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024, and it outperforms its district in math and reading. Math is 34.7% (district 27.8%, state 44.9%), reading is 44.5% (district 34.2%, state 48.6%), and science is 11%, below both its district's 19% and the state's 25.5% — its clearest weakness. Hidden River has a 48.12% free/reduced-lunch rate and a 21.9 student-teacher ratio. Notably, the two schools are nearly identical in overall math (34.7% vs. 35.4%), though Laura Jeffrey is far stronger in 8th-grade math (46.2% vs. 26.3%).
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