Enrollment
221
Middle
DISTRICT 200 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPE COMMUNITY ACADEMY·NCES 270023005537
HOPE Community Academy Middle
720 PAYNE AVE, SAINT PAUL, MN 55130 · (651) 796-4500 · Ramsey County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Minnesota public middle schools
- DTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
199 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 79 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 30% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
HOPE Community Academy Middle→HOPE Community Academy High School
Feeds from
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
16.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
11.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
13.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 HOPE Community Academy Middle
HOPE Community Academy Middle's state test result (13.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOPE Community Academy Middle this school | 221 | 90.0% | 13.1% |
| Txuj Ci HMong Language & Culture U SAINT PAUL | 337 | 78.9% | 25.2% |
| Hmong College Prep Academy MS SAINT PAUL | 724 | 81.2% | 14.3% |
| Noble Academy Middle School BROOKLYN PARK | 138 | 73.9% | 29.0% |
| Prodeo Academy St. Paul Middle SAINT PAUL | 131 | 96.2% | 37.1% |
| Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy BROOKLYN PARK | 219 | 68.0% | 18.1% |
Matched among Minnesota middle 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 HOPE Community Academy Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #233 of 245 | #19 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #232 of 245 | #18 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #237 of 245 | #20 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #209 of 306 | #19 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #123 of 210 | #10 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.9% | #206 of 216 | #18 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.0% | #7 of 252 | #3 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 221 | 12.8 | 17.3:1 | 90% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 205 | 10.1 | 20.2:1 | 88% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 7.6 | 27.3:1 | 91% (189) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOPE Community Academy Middle.
About HOPE Community Academy Middle
HOPE Community Academy Middle is a low-enrollment middle school found in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. The school enrolls 221 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Minnesota) has about 495 students.
HOPE Community Academy Middle is among 4 schools run by HOPE COMMUNITY ACADEMY, which serves 799 students.
The student body at HOPE Community Academy Middle is 93% Asian. Other groups make up 4% Black. County-wide, 15% of Ramsey County residents are Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 13% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 12.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in Minnesota average 17.5:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 90%. On average, public schools in Ramsey County report 57%.
HOPE Community Academy Middle is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 17% of Minnesota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 16.7%. HOPE Community Academy Middle scores 13.1%.
Within Ramsey County, the median household income is $81,568, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Ramsey County has 302 public schools and roughly 94,437 students.
The next-closest public school is HOPE Community Academy Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, HOPE Community Academy Middle ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around HOPE Community Academy Middle as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
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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 HOPE COMMUNITY ACADEMY
- HOPE Community Academy ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- HOPE Community Academy High SchoolHigh · 124 students
- HOPEStart Pre-K ProgramElementary · 20 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
Nearby schools
- HOPE Community Academy Elementary0.0 mi · 434
- HOPE Community Academy High School0.0 mi · 124
- HOPEStart Pre-K Program0.0 mi · 20
- STEP Academy Charter School0.5 mi · 366
- STEP Academy Elementary0.5 mi · 214
- LEAP High School0.5 mi · 220
Frequently asked questions
About HOPE Community Academy MiddleHow large is HOPE Community Academy Middle?
HOPE Community Academy Middle enrolls approximately 221 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does HOPE Community Academy Middle serve?
HOPE Community Academy Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at HOPE Community Academy Middle?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at HOPE Community Academy Middle.
What is the student diversity at HOPE Community Academy Middle?
Student demographics at HOPE Community Academy Middle are roughly 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 4% Black, 93% Asian.
Is HOPE Community Academy Middle public or private?
HOPE Community Academy Middle is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by HOPE COMMUNITY ACADEMY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.