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Best High Schools in Zip Code 55108

At a glance

Schools

5,487

Students

Districts

Top rankedGreat River School61^st of 450 Minnesota high schools

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Biggest riser

HGA Secondary up 111 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Great River School 11.7 students per teacher

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Summary:

The 55108 zip code area in Minnesota is home to 4 high schools serving grades 7-12: Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12, Hmong College Prep Academy High School, HGA Secondary, and Great River School. These schools vary significantly in their academic performance, with Great River School standing out as a high-performing institution, ranking 61st out of 450 Minnesota high schools and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Great River School demonstrates consistently strong performance on MCA-III tests, with over 70% proficiency in reading and 36% in math across all grades. Its 10th grade reading proficiency rate of 86.67% is significantly higher than the state average of 51.26%. In contrast, Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12 has the lowest proficiency rates among the four schools. HGA Secondary also performs better than the state average in certain subject areas, such as 11th grade math proficiency at 35.53% (compared to the state average of 34.96%).

The data also reveals differences in student-teacher ratios, with Great River School having the lowest ratio at 13:1 and Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12 having the highest at 35:1. Additionally, the schools vary in their free/reduced lunch rates, with HGA Secondary having the highest percentage at 97.76% and Great River School having the lowest at 23.69%. These factors may contribute to the observed differences in academic performance among the high schools in the 55108 zip code area.

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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 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12	Public, Virtual, Charter	7-12	1350 Energy Lane Suite 230	Saint Paul	55108	Ramsey County	Minnesota Transitions Charter School	Yes	No	Yes	No	(800) 382-6010	3,536	86	41.1	63.3%	2,425 (68.6%)	347 (9.8%)	318 (9.0%)	66 (1.9%)	89 (2.5%)	8 (0.2%)	283 (8.0%)	26.5	353^rd of 450 public high schools	21.6%		27.3	360^th of 480 public high schools	25.0%	7		15.2	11.3	8.5	11.0		37.8	35.8	40.7	38.4	$9,782
HGA Secondary	Public, Charter	8-12	1471 Brewster Street	Saint Paul	55108	Ramsey County	Higher Ground Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 369-7555	442	33	13.2	90.7%	16 (3.6%)	420 (95.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62.7	181^st of 450 public high schools	59.8%		44.1	292^nd of 480 public high schools	39.2%	111			47.1	35.5	41.7			57.5	50.0	53.7	$11,935
Hmong College Prep Academy High School	Public, Charter	9-12	1515 Brewster St	Saint Paul	55108	Ramsey County	Hmong College Prep Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 209-8002	791	47	16.7	79.1%	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (0.9%)	765 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.9%)	35.2	317^th of 450 public high schools	29.6%		25.6	366^th of 480 public high schools	23.8%	49				21.3	21.3				38.2	38.2	$14,522
Great River School	Public, Charter	7-12	1326 Energy Park Dr	Saint Paul	55108	Ramsey County	Great River School	Yes	No	No	No	(651) 305-2780	411	35	11.7	19.2%	313 (76.2%)	25 (6.1%)	32 (7.8%)	13 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (6.3%)	84.2	61^st of 450 public high schools	86.4%		74.4	110^th of 480 public high schools	77.1%	49		42.7	31.2	34.7	36.5		62.7	69.4	86.7	72.5	$19,563
New Century School Secondary	Public, Charter	6-12	1380 Energy Lane	Saint Paul	55108	Ramsey County	New Century School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 478-4535	284	9	31.5	95.8%	9 (3.2%)	274 (96.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	14.9	13.2	10.7	40.7	16.9	38.3	24.5	28.6	42.6	33.0
NCS Online Program	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	1380 Energy Lane	Saint Paul	55108	Ramsey County	New Century School	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(651) 478-4535	23	0		87.0%	0 (0.0%)	23 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					18.2
Alternative Learning Center Extended Day 9-12	Public	5-12	1930 Como Ave	Saint Paul	55108	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 744-1330	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)											$10,399
Alternative Learning Center Summer Learning Programs 9-12	Public	9-12	1930 Como Ave	Saint Paul	55108	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 744-1330	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)											$5,237
Alternative Learning Center Credit Recovery	Public	9-12	1930 Como Ave	Saint Paul	55108	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 744-1330	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 55108

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Saint Paul	0.39 mi	162	387^th
Falcon Heights	1.37 mi	1	20^th
Roseville	1.55 mi	14	326^th
Staples	1.65 mi	8	280^th
Minneapolis	1.71 mi	166	384^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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