Summary:
ZIP code 55106 in Saint Paul contains two middle schools — Farnsworth Aerospace Upper (453 students) and Txuj Ci HMong Language & Culture U (337 students) — both serving grades 5–8 in Saint Paul Public Schools, a district ranked 346 of 458 in Minnesota at the 24th percentile with 1 star.
Between the two, Txuj Ci HMong Language & Culture U is the stronger school. In 2025–26 all-grade results it leads in every tested subject: Math 24.4% versus 14.2%, Reading 30.0% versus 28.2%, and Science 12.1% versus 9.5%. It also ranks higher statewide, 434 of 546 schools (21st percentile) compared with Farnsworth's 483 of 546 (12th percentile). Farnsworth Aerospace Upper has its own bright spots, beating Txuj Ci in 7th grade Reading (24.2% versus 17.0%) and 5th grade Science (16.0% versus 11.5%), and it has the smaller student-teacher ratio, 14.3 versus 17.0. Even so, both schools score below the district and well below the state in every all-grade subject.
The clearest grade-level split is in 8th grade: Txuj Ci scores 30.7% in Math against Farnsworth's 9.4%, and 13.2% in Science against 3.8%. Farnsworth's weakest results include 6th grade Math at 6.5%. Txuj Ci also has the higher free/reduced-lunch rate comparison point in reverse — Farnsworth serves more low-income students (82.56% versus 78.93%) yet generally posts lower proficiency, so class size and poverty alone do not explain the gap. Both schools have stayed 1-star and in the bottom quartile across three years of rankings, with Txuj Ci consistently the higher of the two. Year-over-year movement is mixed: Farnsworth's Science rose from 3.83% to 9.5%, while Txuj Ci's Reading slipped from 34.78% to 30.0%.
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