Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273384004457
Hazel Park Preparatory Academy
1140 WHITE BEAR AVE N, SAINT PAUL, MN 55106 · (651) 293-8970 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
451 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 | 43 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 16% smaller than its 8th grade class (50).
Student demographics
70%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
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
12.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
9.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
10.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Hazel Park Preparatory Academy
Hazel Park Preparatory Academy's state test result (10.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Park Preparatory Academy this school | 489 | 92.2% | 10.9% |
| Como Park Elementary SAINT PAUL | 387 | 87.3% | 23.0% |
| Bruce F Vento Elementary SAINT PAUL | 446 | 87.0% | 7.2% |
| Mississippi Creative Arts Elem SAINT PAUL | 570 | 86.8% | 12.3% |
| Battle Creek Elementary School SAINT PAUL | 470 | 83.4% | 22.6% |
| The Heights Community School SAINT PAUL | 346 | 84.7% | 16.4% |
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 Hazel Park Preparatory Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #820 of 844 | #87 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #822 of 844 | #86 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #821 of 844 | #86 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #315 of 1,130 | #28 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #525 of 769 | #56 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #119 of 796 | #30 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #30 of 942 | #11 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #130 of 499 | #14 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
489
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 489 | 32.8 | 14.9:1 | 92% (451) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 33 | 12.1:1 | 91% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 31.5 | 12.3:1 | 94% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 86% (400) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 37.5 | 16.7:1 | 81% (508) |
| 2015-16 | 688 | 39 | 17.6:1 | 84% (580) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hazel Park Preparatory Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (626 to 489); teachers down 13% (37.5 to 32.8).
About Hazel Park Preparatory Academy
Hazel Park Preparatory Academy serves students in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, as a mid-sized elementary school. There are 489 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 8. The school is 42% larger than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
Saint Paul Public Schools enrolls 33,152 students in 87 schools, including Hazel Park Preparatory Academy.
No group is above 50% at Hazel Park Preparatory Academy; the largest is Asian, at 41%. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% White, and 7% multiracial. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 15%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hazel Park Preparatory Academy scores 70%.
There are about 14.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Hazel Park Preparatory Academy, which has 32.8. Elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1, 1.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Hazel Park Preparatory Academy is about 92%. That rate is above the 57% average among public schools in Ramsey County.
On the allk12 Grade, Hazel Park Preparatory Academy lands at D, ahead of 5% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Test results at Hazel Park Preparatory Academy are 4.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (10.9% actual, 15.5% predicted).
For Ramsey County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $81,568, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 302 public schools and about 94,437 students.
Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Hazel Park Preparatory Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Hazel Park Preparatory Academy places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 489, up from 464 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Hazel Park Preparatory Academy community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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- Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12High · 3,536 students
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- Highland Park Senior HighHigh · 1,392 students
- Johnson Senior HighHigh · 1,076 students
- Capitol Hill Magnet/RondoElementary · 1,066 students
Nearby schools
- Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary0.3 mi · 336
- Academia Cesar Chavez Middle School0.3 mi · 149
- L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion0.4 mi · 282
- CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 132
- Early Education Heights Comm0.5 mi · 17
- The Heights Community School0.5 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Hazel Park Preparatory AcademyHow many students attend Hazel Park Preparatory Academy?
Hazel Park Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 489 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Hazel Park Preparatory Academy serve?
Hazel Park Preparatory Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hazel Park Preparatory Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hazel Park Preparatory Academy is approximately 14.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hazel Park Preparatory Academy?
Student demographics at Hazel Park Preparatory Academy are roughly 8% White, 12% Hispanic, 32% Black, 41% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Hazel Park Preparatory Academy?
Hazel Park Preparatory Academy is overseen by Saint Paul Public Schools in Ramsey County.
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