Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273384001584
Hamline Elementary School
1599 ENGLEWOOD AVE, SAINT PAUL, MN 55104 · (651) 293-8715 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
212 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
29.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
24.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hamline Elementary School
Hamline Elementary School's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamline Elementary School this school | 272 | 77.9% | 25.7% |
| Jenny Lind Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 236 | 83.1% | 9.3% |
| Daytons Bluff Elementary SAINT PAUL | 301 | 83.1% | 15.0% |
| Highland Park Elementary SAINT PAUL | 406 | 72.4% | 21.6% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY ROBBINSDALE | 318 | 78.3% | 18.6% |
| Bryn Mawr Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 431 | 83.1% | 20.4% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hamline Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #710 of 844 | #50 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #729 of 844 | #56 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #706 of 844 | #48 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #681 of 1,130 | #78 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #87 of 769 | #17 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #96 of 796 | #26 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #113 of 942 | #42 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #395 of 499 | #41 of 55 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
272
+60 (+28%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 5.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 272 | 24.9 | 10.9:1 | 78% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 23.8 | 12.3:1 | 83% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 26.4 | 11.5:1 | 84% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 212 | 36 | 5.9:1 | 78% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 289 | 18.4 | 15.7:1 | 73% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 270 | 18 | 15.0:1 | 85% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 91% (530) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | 46 | 12.9:1 | 76% (449) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 31 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamline Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (289 to 272); teachers up 35% (18.4 to 24.9).
About Hamline Elementary School
Hamline Elementary School is one of the public schools in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 272 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344 students, so this school is 21% smaller than average.
The district, Saint Paul Public Schools, operates 87 schools serving 33,152 students.
Black students are the largest group at Hamline Elementary School, with 45% of enrollment. Next come 20% White, 13% Asian, 12% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. The county population is about 12% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Hamline Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Its teaching staff equals 24.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 78%. That rate is above the 57% average among public schools in Ramsey County.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, Hamline Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 23.2%.
Among Ramsey County residents, median household income is about $81,568, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 302 public schools in Ramsey County, with a combined enrollment of about 94,437.
Hidden River Middle School is located about 0.5 miles from Hamline Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hamline Elementary School is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
Hamline Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Hamline Elementary School had 212 students in 2020-21 and 272 in 2024-25, a 28% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 5.9:1 to 10.9:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hamline Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saint Paul Public Schools
- Central Senior HighHigh · 1,682 students
- Harding Senior HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Highland Park Senior HighHigh · 1,392 students
- Johnson Senior HighHigh · 1,076 students
- Capitol Hill Magnet/RondoElementary · 1,066 students
- Washington Technology Senior HighHigh · 1,063 students
Other schools in SAINT PAUL
- Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12High · 3,536 students
- Central Senior HighHigh · 1,682 students
- Harding Senior HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Highland Park Senior HighHigh · 1,392 students
- Johnson Senior HighHigh · 1,076 students
- Capitol Hill Magnet/RondoElementary · 1,066 students
Other Hamline Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hamline Elementary. Hamline Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Hamline Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 582 students
Nearby schools
- Hidden River Middle School0.5 mi · 640
- New Century School Secondary0.6 mi · 284
- NCS Online Program0.6 mi · 23
- New Century School0.6 mi · 367
- Career Pathways0.6 mi · 121
- Minnesota Connections Academy K-60.6 mi · 1,017
Frequently asked questions
About Hamline Elementary SchoolHow large is Hamline Elementary School?
Hamline Elementary School enrolls approximately 272 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hamline Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hamline Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Hamline Elementary School?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Hamline Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hamline Elementary School?
At Hamline Elementary School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 9% Hispanic, 45% Black, 13% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Hamline Elementary School in?
Hamline Elementary School is part of Saint Paul Public Schools.
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