HGA Junior High

Located at 1381 MARSHALL AVE, in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, HGA Junior High is a tiny junior high that serves 196 students (grades 6 through 7), part of Higher Ground Academy. Enrollment runs roughly 60% smaller than the state mean of about 495.

Across the 3 schools in Higher Ground Academy (1,163 students total), HGA Junior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HGA Junior High lists that nearly all students (92%) are Black. Other groups include 7% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 73.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HGA Junior High sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 14.6%; actual is 37.6%, +23.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Ramsey County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which HGA Junior High is one.

HGA Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HGA Junior High at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 39.0%.

HGA Junior High operates from a downtown location. HGA Junior High is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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