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Saint Paul, Minnesota - 2 schools
At $20,269 per pupil, The Journey School ranks #43 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
148
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$20,269
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
The Journey School operates 2 public schools serving 148 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Ramsey County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,269 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 51 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 7.4% local, 75.7% state, and 16.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 46.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.9% African American, 10.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is The Journey School, enrolling 125 students (91% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is The Journey School Middle, at 12 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
The Journey School accounts for 84.5% of all The Journey School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of The Journey School a distant remainder — means The Journey School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
The Journey School reports 74.2% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
The Journey School chronic absenteeism rate is 46.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
The Journey School has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 148 students.
How much does The Journey School spend per student?
The Journey School spends $20,269 per student.
What is the demographic composition of The Journey School?
The Journey School students are 69.9% African American, 10.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian, 1.2% White, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.