JJ Hill Montessori

Set in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, JJ Hill Montessori is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, operated by Saint Paul Public Schools. It enrolls 360 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Saint Paul Public Schools, which oversees 87 schools and 33,152 students, JJ Hill Montessori is one campus in the system.

On demographics, JJ Hill Montessori records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 20% Black, 14% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, JJ Hill Montessori sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.3%; actual is 33.7%, a gap of -12.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Ramsey County put median household income runs about $81,568, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 JJ Hill Montessori is one.

The closest other public school is Central Senior High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JJ Hill Montessori. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JJ Hill Montessori ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. JJ Hill Montessori's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 360). Asian enrollment moved from 7% to 2% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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