Overview of Life Prep: Life Prep is a charter school situated in Saint Paul, MN, which is in a huge city environment. The learner population of Life Prep is 312, and the school serves PK-6. At Life Prep, 32% of learners scored above or at the proficient (mastery) level for math, and 37% scored above or at that level for reading.

The school’s minority learner population is 95%. The learner-teacher ratio is 11:1, which is the same as that of the district.

The learner population is made up of 50% female learners and 50% male learners. The school serves 81% economically disadvantaged learners. There are 28 equivalent full-time teachers.

Test Scores at Life Prep: At Life Prep, 32% of learners scored above or at the proficient (mastery) level for math, and 37% scored above or at that level for reading.

Juxtaposed with the district, the school did about the same in math and about the same in reading, according to this measure. In Life Prep, 37% of learners tested above or at the proficient (mastery) level for reading, and 32% tested above or at that level for math.

Life Prep did worse in math and worse in reading in this measure juxtaposed with learners around the state. In Minnesota, 54% of learners tested above or at the proficient (mastery) level for reading, and 51% tested above or at that level for math.