Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273384001173
JJ Hill Montessori
998 SELBY AVE, SAINT PAUL, MN 55104 · (651) 293-8720 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
13.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
126 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 | 6 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 88% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
64%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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
41.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
26.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 JJ Hill Montessori
JJ Hill Montessori's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JJ Hill Montessori this school | 360 | 35.0% | 33.7% |
| Dowling Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 399 | 39.3% | 54.5% |
| CEDAR ISLAND ELEMENTARY MAPLE GROVE | 476 | 33.4% | 55.5% |
| ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH | 428 | 39.5% | 56.3% |
| Orchard Lake Elementary LAKEVILLE | 390 | 32.1% | 41.9% |
| FAIR School Pilgrim Lane PLYMOUTH | 403 | 40.9% | 52.4% |
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 JJ Hill Montessori ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #625 of 844 | #37 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #715 of 844 | #51 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #560 of 844 | #32 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #553 of 1,130 | #59 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #424 of 769 | #50 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #241 of 796 | #56 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.0% | #608 of 942 | #83 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #366 of 499 | #39 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
360
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 360 | 25.9 | 13.9:1 | 35% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 26.9 | 12.7:1 | 41% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 28.7 | 12.3:1 | 45% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 35% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 24.4 | 15.9:1 | 32% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 24 | 17.8:1 | 36% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 24 | 17.7:1 | 34% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 35% (187) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JJ Hill Montessori.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (389 to 360); teachers up 6% (24.4 to 25.9).
About JJ Hill Montessori
JJ Hill Montessori is classified as an elementary school. It is located in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. The school counted 360 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
JJ Hill Montessori is one school in Saint Paul Public Schools, a system of 87 schools with 33,152 students.
More than half of enrollment at JJ Hill Montessori is White: 54%. Next come 20% Black, 14% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The diversity index for JJ Hill Montessori is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. That is in line with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Income data for the school show 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Ramsey County report 57%.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, JJ Hill Montessori outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 33.7%, is 12.6 points below the 46.3% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Ramsey County show that median household income comes to about $81,568, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 302, with about 94,437 students.
About 0.3 miles separate JJ Hill Montessori from the closest public school, Central Senior High. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: JJ Hill Montessori ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 33.7% versus a 30.3% average.
NCES describes the area around JJ Hill Montessori as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 6%, from 384 to 360.
JJ Hill Montessori has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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- Central Senior HighHigh · 1,682 students
- Harding Senior HighHigh · 1,591 students
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- 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
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- Central Senior High0.3 mi · 1,682
- Maxfield Elementary School0.6 mi · 331
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS0.7 mi · 181
- A. G. A. P. E. Teen Parent0.7 mi · 26
- Global Arts Plus Lower0.7 mi · 410
- Gordon Parks High School0.8 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About JJ Hill MontessoriHow many students attend JJ Hill Montessori?
JJ Hill Montessori enrolls approximately 360 students in grades PK-05.
Is JJ Hill Montessori an elementary, middle, or high school?
JJ Hill Montessori is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does JJ Hill Montessori have?
JJ Hill Montessori employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at JJ Hill Montessori?
At JJ Hill Montessori, the student body is approximately 54% White, 8% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is JJ Hill Montessori public or private?
JJ Hill Montessori is a public K-12 school, overseen by Saint Paul Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.