Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter

As a very small middle-grades school in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter educates 117 students from grades 5 through 8, one of the schools within Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 76% leaner than typical.

Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter is a school of Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Asian, 6% Black. Compared to Ramsey County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.8%; this one delivers 56.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Ramsey County put median household earnings sit near $81,568, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HGA Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter has climbed 19%, going from 98 students in 2018 to 117 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 26% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 today.

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