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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 55130

At a glance

Schools

2,215

Students

Districts

Top rankedHOPE Community Academy High School335^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Biggest riser

Community of Peace Academy Elementary up 24 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

HOPE Community Academy Elementary 8.5 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

HOPE Community Academy High School and 1 more

SchoolDigger ratings

1★

0★

1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 55130 in Saint Paul, MN is home to 8 schools — 3 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high schools — serving 2,215 students, with about 79.9% of them enrolled in charter schools rather than the single district public school. Hope Community Academy and Community Of Peace Academy together enroll 1,634 students, while Bruce F Vento Elementary is the only Saint Paul Public Schools campus here. Poverty is concentrated across the whole ZIP: every school's free/reduced-lunch rate is above 78%, and five of the eight are above 85%.

The strongest overall performer is HOPE Community Academy High School, which has the ZIP's highest 2025–26 rank percentile (29th) plus the best high-school reading (31.3%) and science (25.8%) proficiency — its science score is slightly above the state's 25.5%. It also reports a 0.0% dropout rate and an 83.3% graduation rate. Among middle schools, Community of Peace Academy Middle leads in math (17.5%), reading (29.0%), and science (6.6%), and has climbed from the 8th to the 15th to the 21st percentile over three years. Community of Peace Academy Elementary posts the highest elementary math (15.0%) and reading (18.6%) in the ZIP, while Community of Peace Academy High School has the highest graduation rate at 86.4%.

At the other end, Bruce F Vento Elementary ranks 862 of 869 (1st percentile), with 6.3% math, 9.4% reading, and 0% science. City Academy has the lowest graduation rate in the ZIP at 59.1% and 0% math proficiency, though its reading score is state-suppressed and should be read as unknown, not zero. HOPE Community Academy Middle has the highest free/reduced-lunch rate (90.05%) and highest student/teacher ratio (17.2), with math at 5.3%. Notably, no school in this ZIP reaches the state in math or reading.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)								MCA-IV Science (2026)				MCA-III Math (2026)								Vaccination (2025-26)		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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	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 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Community of Peace Academy Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-4	471 Magnolia Ave E	Saint Paul	55130	Ramsey County	Community Of Peace Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 280-4579	326	28	11.7	81.6%	18 (5.5%)	108 (33.1%)	85 (26.1%)	85 (26.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.2%)	5.9	827^th of 869 public elementary schools	4.8%		3.5	851^st of 872 public elementary schools	2.4%	24	14.3	24.0						18.6					11.1	20.0						15.0	73%	0%	$15,690
Community of Peace Academy High School	Public, Charter	9-12	471 Magnolia Ave E	Saint Paul	55130	Ramsey County	Community Of Peace Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 280-4527	250	17	14.8	78.0%	15 (6.0%)	62 (24.8%)	73 (29.2%)	84 (33.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.4%)	12.6	424^th of 473 public high schools	10.4%		29.9	340^th of 450 public high schools	24.4%	84							13.7	13.7			3.9	3.9							15.7	15.7			$14,996
Community of Peace Academy Middle	Public, Charter	5-8	471 Magnolia Ave E	Saint Paul	55130	Ramsey County	Community Of Peace Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 280-4601	279	22	12.9	78.5%	18 (6.5%)	75 (26.9%)	86 (30.8%)	87 (31.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.7%)	23.5	430^th of 546 public middle schools	21.2%		18.6	439^th of 519 public middle schools	15.4%	9			26.8	32.7	20.3	36.9		29.0	5.6	7.4		6.6			8.9	10.9	15.9	31.8		17.5			$12,893
HOPE Community Academy Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	720 Payne Ave	Saint Paul	55130	Ramsey County	Hope Community Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 796-4500	434	51	8.5	89.2%	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.5%)	9 (2.1%)	405 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	6.4	823^rd of 869 public elementary schools	5.3%		7.6	815^th of 872 public elementary schools	6.5%	8	10.7	22.2	20.8					17.8	8.5			8.5	14.7	15.3	8.3					12.8	97.9%	0%	$14,114
HOPE Community Academy Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	720 Payne Ave	Saint Paul	55130	Ramsey County	Hope Community Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(651) 796-4500	221	13	17.2	90.0%	3 (1.4%)	9 (4.1%)	3 (1.4%)	206 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.4	502^nd of 546 public middle schools	8.1%		10.5	480^th of 519 public middle schools	7.5%	22				15.6	5.1	32.9		17.7		4.1		4.1				5.3	2.6	8.1		5.3
HOPE Community Academy High School	Public, Charter	9-12	720 Payne Ave	Saint Paul	55130	Ramsey County	Hope Community Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 796-4500	124	7	17.1	85.5%	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.6%)	115 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.0%)	31.2	335^th of 473 public high schools	29.2%					(n/a)							31.3	31.3			25.8	25.8							12.9	12.9
MNIC Online East Campus	Public, Charter	9-12	965 Payne Ave	Saint Paul	55130	Ramsey County	Minnesota Internship Center	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(612) 588-1449	0			—															(n/a)
City Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	958 Jessie St	Saint Paul	55130	Ramsey County	City Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(651) 298-4624	135	8	17.1	87.4%	14 (10.4%)	42 (31.1%)	20 (14.8%)	39 (28.9%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (13.3%)	7.6	444^th of 473 public high schools	6.1%					(n/a)											7.7	7.7							0.0	0.0			$15,624
Bruce F Vento Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	409 Case Ave E	Saint Paul	55130	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 293-8685	446	39	11.4	87.0%	41 (9.2%)	167 (37.4%)	60 (13.5%)	140 (31.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.8%)	2.6	862^nd of 869 public elementary schools	0.8%		2.8	862^nd of 872 public elementary schools	1.1%		10.3	10.3	7.6					9.4	0.0			0.0	12.1	5.9	1.5					6.3	89.2%	5.4%	$18,990

Cities Near Zip Code 55130

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Saint Paul	0.3 mi	163	384^th
Maplewood	0.98 mi	13	404^th
Woodbury	1.74 mi	18	88^th
Oakdale	2.03 mi	4	293^rd
South Saint Paul	3.85 mi	8	361^st

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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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