NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in South Saint Paul, MN

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8 public K-12 schools in South Saint Paul from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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8
Schools
2,890
Students
33.5/100
Avg Resource Index
14.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, South Saint Paul has more public-school enrollment than 27% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. South Saint Paul's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of South Saint Paul's 8 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

South Saint Paul lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 3 to 866 students, a 289-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 73%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
20th percentile
Teacher staffing
58th percentile

South St. Paul High School accounts for 30.0% of all South Saint Paul public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means South Saint Paul-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

South Saint Paul school enrollment varies 289× across entities

South Saint Paul school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 866 students (highest), a spread of 863 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

South Saint Paul student-teacher ratio is 14.7:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within South Saint Paul is typically wider than the South Saint Paul-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Deaf/Hard of Hearing 57
2. S St. Paul Community Lrng. Cntr. 44
3. Lincoln Center Elementary 34
4. Kaposia Education Center Elementary 33
5. Early Childhood Special Ed Program 30
6. Ssp Virtual 30
7. South St. Paul Middle School 28
8. South St. Paul High School 12

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in South Saint Paul

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Deaf/Hard of Hearing 71.8/100
  2. 2 S St. Paul Community Lrng. Cntr. 70.5/100
  3. 3 Kaposia Education Center Elementary 68.6/100
  4. 4 South St. Paul Middle School 67.2/100
  5. 5 Lincoln Center Elementary 67.1/100

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Which South Saint Paul school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Deaf/Hard of Hearing has the highest Resource Investment Index among the South Saint Paul schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in South Saint Paul, MN? ▼

South Saint Paul has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,890 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.