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Saint Paul, Minnesota - 1 schools
An equity score of 87/100 ranks Twin Cities Academy #20 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,398 per pupil, Twin Cities Academy ranks #78 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Twin Cities Academy operates 1 public schools serving 512 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 $17,398 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 2.1% local, 84.2% state, and 13.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 87/100, ranked #20 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 547:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 41.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 32.4% Hispanic or Latino, 28.7% African American, 18.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Twin Cities Academy, enrolling 547 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Twin Cities Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Twin Cities Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Twin Cities Academy a distant remainder — means Twin Cities Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Twin Cities Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 57.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Twin Cities Academy student-counselor ratio is 547:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted 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.
Twin Cities Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 41.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Twin Cities Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 512 students.
How much does Twin Cities Academy spend per student?
Twin Cities Academy spends $17,398 per student. The district has an equity score of 87/100, ranking #20 in Minnesota.
What is the demographic composition of Twin Cities Academy?
Twin Cities Academy students are 32.4% Hispanic or Latino, 28.7% African American, 18.1% Asian, 15.0% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Twin Cities Academy?
Twin Cities Academy has an equity score of 87/100, ranking #20 out of 410 districts in Minnesota.