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Hmong College Prep Academy ES
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Hmong College Prep Academy ES is a high-enrollment primary school in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, operated by HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY. The school educates 988 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 187% above the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.
Across the 3 schools in HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY (2,503 students total), Hmong College Prep Academy ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, Hmong College Prep Academy ES reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Asian (96%); the rest looks like 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.
On the resource side, On paper, Hmong College Prep Academy ES has 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Hmong College Prep Academy ES tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at Hmong College Prep Academy ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ramsey County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hmong College Prep Academy ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.9%, the actual is 17.5%, a residual of -1.4 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Ramsey County put median household income runs about $81,568, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which Hmong College Prep Academy ES is one.
HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hmong College Prep Academy ES ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 26.2%.
The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Hmong College Prep Academy ES runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
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