Schools · St. Paul
St. Paul, MN schools
St. Paul’s public schools score well below Minnesota’s averages: 33% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 78% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend one of 38 schools through grade 8, then one of 39 middle schools, one of 14 high schools and one of 9 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
St. Paul’s School Grade: C
The public schools St. Paul’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 75% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresC-Graduation
Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 25%
Lower resultsHigher results
Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,342)Better than 6%
High confidence. Built on 8,918 tested students and a graduating class of 2,550; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Minnesota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Minnesota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where St. Paul kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, St. Paul Public)33%
State average 52.5%
Math (grades PK–12, St. Paul Public)21%
State average 44.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
78% graduate on time
Graduation rate
78%
MN: 84.4%
Graduating class
2,550
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #215 of 238 MN towns →
Districts
The district serving St. Paul
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 180 schools in St. Paul
Showing 1–30 of 180 schools
Capitol Hill Magnet/RondoElementary · Grades 1–8 · 1,066 students
A-PublicMinnesota Connections Academy K-6Elementary · Grades K–6 · 1,017 students
CharterHmong College Prep Academy ESElementary · Grades K–5 · 988 students
D-CharterCommunity School of Excellence ElemElementary · Grades PK–4 · 696 students
DCharterTxuj Ci HMong Language & Culture LoElementary · Grades PK–4 · 638 students
C-PublicAdams Magnet ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 605 students
CPublicFrost Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 593 students
D-PublicAmerican Indian Magnet SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 571 students
DPublicMississippi Creative Arts ElemElementary · Grades PK–5 · 570 students
DPublicTwin Cities German Immersion ChrtrElementary · Grades K–8 · 563 students
B+CharterHGA ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 525 students
CCharterSaint Paul Music AcademyElementary · Grades PK–6 · 514 students
DPublicPaul & Sheila Wellstone ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 492 students
DPublicHazel Park Preparatory AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 489 students
DPublicNova Classical Academy Lower SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 485 students
ACharterBattle Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 470 students
C-PublicFarnsworth Aerospace LowerElementary · Grades PK–4 · 466 students
DPublicACHIEVE LANGUAGE ACADEMYElementary · Grades PK–8 · 451 students
DCharterSt. Anthony Park ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 451 students
A-PublicRandolph Heights ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 448 students
APublicBruce F Vento ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 446 students
DPublicHorace Mann SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 445 students
APublicHOPE Community Academy ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 434 students
DCharterJie Ming Mandarin Immersion AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 431 students
A+PublicUrban AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 416 students
C-CharterGlobal Arts Plus LowerElementary · Grades PK–4 · 410 students
C-PublicGroveland Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 409 students
B-PublicHighland Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 406 students
CPublicEXPO for Excellence Elementary SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 393 students
BPublicMidway Star AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 393 students
D-CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.