Hmong College Prep Academy Ms, Saint Paul MN

Original Research by School Decision on Hmong College Prep Academy Ms

Hmong College Prep Academy Middle School serves grades six through eight in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as a public charter school. The student body is almost entirely Asian, with a very small number of students identifying as two or more races, Black, or Hispanic. A substantial share of students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.

The school sits in Saint Paul, the state capital and a large, diverse city on the Mississippi River. The city has a major Hmong community, and the school's enrollment reflects that. The area has state government as its dominant employer, along with county government, healthcare, and professional sports venues in or near downtown. The housing market in the school's zip code shows home values above the national median but close to the state average, while rents track similarly. A parent moving to the area to enroll should expect a city with a deep stock of cultural institutions like the Science Museum and the History Center, a nationally ranked park system, and light-rail connectivity to Minneapolis.

The school is its own district, called Hmong College Prep Academy. No recent parent-relevant changes at the district level were found in publicly reported sources. The school runs as a charter, meaning it operates independently of the larger Saint Paul Public Schools district while remaining a tuition-free public school.

State assessment results for the most recent school year show that proficiency rates in math and reading are low across all three middle school grades. In sixth, seventh, and eighth grade, the share of students meeting state standards in math falls well below a quarter of students, and reading proficiency rates are similarly modest. In eighth-grade science, the proportion of students scoring proficient is lower still. These results place the school's overall proficiency index in the bottom quartile compared to other districts across Ramsey County. A single year of data is available, so no trend can be assessed. A parent evaluating academic performance here should look into these numbers directly with the school; the data suggest that a significant majority of students are not reaching state proficiency benchmarks.

No data was available in the provided information on special education enrollment, English learner status, chronic absenteeism, or discipline. These gaps are common for a charter school that may not have reported every civil-rights data field in the same format as a traditional district. A parent with specific questions about supports for students with disabilities or English learners should ask the school directly.

Because the school serves only middle grades, there is no graduation rate to report. There are also no program offerings listed, so details on electives, enrichment, or career pathways are not part of this profile.

This is a small, ethnically concentrated charter middle school in a capital city with a strong civic and cultural fabric. The student population is overwhelmingly Hmong, and the economic need level is high. The academic picture, based on state tests, shows room for growth across subjects. A family considering this school should weigh the cultural fit and the charter environment against the academic outcomes, and should seek out the school for its own explanation of how it addresses skill gaps and supports student progress.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 68%

School 8% · District 8%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 711%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 812%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 720%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Science

Grade 85%

School 5% · District 5%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income25%Higher-income24%1 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income19%Higher-income47%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income35%Higher-income60%25 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income21%Higher-income30%9 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income20%Higher-income19%1 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income17%Higher-income19%2 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income28%Higher-income36%8 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income45%Higher-income79%35 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income32%Higher-income43%12 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income7%Higher-income14%7 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income10%Higher-income16%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income12%Higher-income11%1 pp gap