Saint Paul Public Schools
Public school district · Ramsey County · Minnesota · NCES district ID 2733840
Saint Paul Public Schools spent $21,634 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 98% of the other Minnesota districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $14,091). Its 76 schools enrolled 32,028 students in 2024-25; 50.5% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $23,301 per student, up 7.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 68% (Minnesota: 83.3%).
NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method
Spending per student among Minnesota's largest districts
Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. Among the 10 districts shown, Saint Paul Public Schools ranks 2.
Where the money came from
$850,430,000 in revenue: 50.5% state, 28.3% local and 21.2% federal. Total spending including $84,669,000 of capital outlay was $851,712,000, or $26,356 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.
- State$429,791,000 51%
- Local$240,322,000 28%
- Federal$180,317,000 21%
Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 163 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25
32,316 students in 2022-23, 31,218 students in 2023-24, 32,024 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.
Teachers and students per teacher
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 32,316 | 2181.5 | 14.8 |
| 2023-24 | 31,218 | 2221.4 | 14.1 |
| 2024-25 | 32,024 | 2116.6 | 15.1 |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.
$182,987,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $5,662 per student
Saint Paul Public Schools booked $182,987,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 2,240 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $81,677 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 90 in 100 Minnesota districts with a figure (state median $62,418, 464 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Minnesota teacher salary at $68,491 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
| Program | Teacher salaries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Regular programs | $145,535,000 | 79.5% |
| Special education | $33,984,000 | 18.6% |
| Vocational | $3,088,000 | 1.7% |
| Other programs | $380,000 | 0.2% |
Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23
The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $4,793 in 2018-19, $4,944 in 2019-20, $5,204 in 2020-21, $5,664 in 2021-22, $5,662 in 2022-23.
Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).
State test results, 2021-22
In 2021-22, the students tested in Saint Paul Public Schools scored proficient or above: 35% in reading and 25% in math, against 51.1% in reading and 44.8% in math across Minnesota. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Minnesota, not across states.
| Subject | This district | Minnesota | Students tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts | 35% | 51.1% | 14,178 |
| Math | 25% | 44.8% | 13,385 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
68% of the 2,610 students in Saint Paul Public Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 83.3% across Minnesota. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This district | Minnesota | |
|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 68% | 83.3% |
| Students in the class | 2,610 | 69,945 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
40 elementary schools, 15,716 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo | 1,066 | 21.7 | 34.0% | Eligible, no program |
| Phalen Lake Hmong Studies Magnet | 638 | 11.3 | 62.2% | Schoolwide program |
| Adams Magnet Elementary | 605 | 14.7 | 34.2% | Eligible, no program |
| Frost Lake Elementary School | 593 | 13.2 | 72.2% | Schoolwide program |
| American Indian Magnet School | 571 | 13.3 | 79.5% | Schoolwide program |
| Mississippi Creative Arts Elementary | 570 | 13.4 | 79.5% | Schoolwide program |
| Saint Paul Music Academy | 514 | 12.3 | 75.7% | Schoolwide program |
| Paul & Sheila Wellstone Elementary | 492 | 10.2 | 70.1% | Schoolwide program |
| Hazel Park Preparatory Academy | 489 | 14.9 | 81.0% | Schoolwide program |
| Battle Creek Elementary School | 470 | 11.2 | 66.0% | Schoolwide program |
| Farnsworth Aerospace Lower | 466 | 13.4 | 70.2% | Schoolwide program |
| St. Anthony Park Elementary | 451 | 15.6 | 31.9% | Eligible, no program |
The other 28 elementary schools
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph Heights Elementary | 448 | 18.9 | 23.0% | Eligible, no program |
| Bruce F Vento Elementary | 446 | 11.5 | 79.6% | Schoolwide program |
| Horace Mann School | 445 | 17.8 | 16.6% | Eligible, no program |
| Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy | 431 | 16.4 | 24.6% | Eligible, no program |
| Global Arts Plus Lower | 410 | 12.8 | 61.2% | Schoolwide program |
| Groveland Park Elementary | 409 | 14.9 | 33.7% | Schoolwide program |
| Highland Park Elementary | 406 | 12.3 | 67.5% | Schoolwide program |
| Expo for Excellence Elementary School | 393 | 10.9 | 39.9% | Eligible, no program |
| Como Park Elementary | 387 | 9.9 | 78.8% | Schoolwide program |
| Jj Hill Montessori | 360 | 13.9 | 28.6% | Eligible, no program |
| The Heights Community School | 346 | 10.7 | 74.3% | Schoolwide program |
| Nokomis Montessori North Campus | 344 | 11.1 | 43.9% | Schoolwide program |
| Benjamin E Mays Magnet | 336 | 11.2 | 86.6% | Schoolwide program |
| Maxfield Elementary School | 331 | 12.3 | 84.9% | Schoolwide program |
| Eastern Heights Elementary | 318 | 11.2 | 65.4% | Schoolwide program |
| Chelsea Heights Elementary | 305 | 14.5 | 39.7% | Eligible, no program |
| Daytons Bluff Elementary | 301 | 11.6 | 74.1% | Schoolwide program |
| Riverview West School of Excellence | 297 | 3.7 | 56.9% | Schoolwide program |
| Highwood Hills Elementary | 292 | 10.8 | 82.9% | Schoolwide program |
| L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion | 282 | 13.6 | 30.5% | Eligible, no program |
| Hamline Elementary School | 272 | 10.9 | 69.1% | Schoolwide program |
| Nokomis Montessori South Campus | 258 | 9.9 | 46.1% | Schoolwide program |
| Four Seasons Elementary | 256 | 8.7 | 82.8% | Schoolwide program |
| Cherokee Heights Elementary School | 228 | 10.4 | 67.1% | Schoolwide program |
| Crossroads Science Program | 192 | 13.0 | 77.6% | Schoolwide program |
| Crossroads Montessori | 178 | 10.1 | 64.6% | Schoolwide program |
| Saint Paul Online Elementary School | 109 | 9.5 | 79.8% | Not Title I |
| Early Education Ben Mays/Rondo | 11 | 3.9 | 63.6% | Not Title I |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
9 middle schools, 4,530 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park Middle School | 811 | 19.5 | 39.8% | Schoolwide program |
| Hidden River Middle School | 640 | 21.9 | 44.5% | Schoolwide program |
| Battle Creek Middle | 619 | 17.1 | 68.8% | Schoolwide program |
| Murray Middle School | 576 | 22.0 | 52.8% | Schoolwide program |
| E-STEM Middle School | 512 | 19.3 | 54.5% | Schoolwide program |
| Farnsworth Aerospace Upper | 453 | 14.3 | 68.7% | Schoolwide program |
| Global Arts Plus Upper | 437 | 17.5 | 60.2% | Schoolwide program |
| Hmong Language and Culture-Parkway | 337 | 17.1 | 61.1% | Not reported |
| Saint Paul Online Middle School | 145 | 18.1 | 73.8% | Not Title I |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
18 high schools, 10,942 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Senior High | 1,682 | 26.3 | 35.9% | Schoolwide program |
| Harding Senior High | 1,591 | 20.4 | 61.1% | Schoolwide program |
| Highland Park Senior High | 1,392 | 24.6 | 34.4% | Eligible, no program |
| Johnson Senior High | 1,076 | 19.1 | 64.4% | Schoolwide program |
| Washington Tech Secondary Magnet | 1,063 | 19.8 | 72.5% | Schoolwide program |
| Como Park Senior High | 1,034 | 19.8 | 63.1% | Schoolwide program |
| Humboldt High School | 955 | 18.3 | 76.8% | Schoolwide program |
| Open World Learning Secondary | 504 | 20.6 | 24.0% | Eligible, no program |
| Creative Arts Secondary School | 382 | 18.4 | 68.6% | Schoolwide program |
| Saint Paul Online High School | 324 | 17.9 | 70.1% | Not Title I |
| Leap High School | 220 | 17.6 | 55.9% | Schoolwide program |
| Gordon Parks High School | 217 | 15.1 | 68.7% | Schoolwide program |
The other 6 high schools
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focus Beyond | 212 | 8.8 | 74.5% | Eligible, no program |
| ALC Gateway to College | 107 | 31.5 | 58.9% | Schoolwide program |
| Guadalupe Alternative Programs | 83 | not reported | 96.4% | Schoolwide program |
| Journeys Secondary School | 73 | 5.2 | 79.5% | Eligible, no program |
| A. G. a. P. E. Teen Parent | 26 | 4.7 | 88.5% | Schoolwide program |
| Alc Secondary Special Sites | 1 | not reported | not reported | Not Title I |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
9 other schools, 840 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecse Inclusion | 329 | not reported | 52.3% | Not Title I |
| Early Education - Birth to Three | 311 | not reported | 62.4% | Not Title I |
| Bridge View Special Education | 115 | 4.9 | 73.9% | Eligible, no program |
| Rivereast Program | 54 | 5.6 | 83.3% | Eligible, no program |
| Anna Westin House | 13 | not reported | 76.9% | Eligible, no program |
| Juvenile Service Center | 9 | 3.4 | 66.7% | Eligible, no program |
| Home/Hospital Instruction | 3 | not reported | not reported | Eligible, no program |
| United Hospital Adolescent Program | 3 | 3.6 | not reported | Eligible, no program |
| Resident Student/Out of State | 3 | not reported | not reported | Not Title I |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
15 more schools on file: small, closed or in an earlier directory
These records carry fewer federal fields than a full school page needs, so each is summarized here with what NCES reports.
Early Education - Birth to Three
School in Saint Paul; open in 2024-25; 311 students.
Obama Service Learning Elementary
School in Saint Paul; 135 students; 9.6 students per teacher.
Early Education Bruce F Vento
School in Saint Paul; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 30 students.
Early Education Como
School in Saint Paul; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 14 students; 7.0 students per teacher.
Early Education Four Seasons
School in Saint Paul; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 12 students; 6.0 students per teacher.
Early Ed Frost Lake
School in Saint Paul; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 9 students; 4.1 students per teacher.
Early Education Heights Comm
School in Saint Paul; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 9 students; 2.6 students per teacher.
Early Ed Battle Creek
School in Saint Paul; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 8 students; 8.0 students per teacher.
Early Ed Highland
School in Saint Paul; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 7 students; 2.8 students per teacher.
Early Ed Eastern Heights
School in Saint Paul; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 5 students.
Early Education Daytons Bluff
School in Saint Paul; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 4 students; 4.0 students per teacher.
Early Ed Global
School in Saint Paul; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 3 students; 1.7 students per teacher.
Home/Hospital Instruction
School in Saint Paul; open in 2024-25; 3 students.
Resident Student/Out of State
School in Saint Paul; open in 2024-25; 3 students.
Alc Secondary Special Sites
High school in Saint Paul; open in 2024-25; 1 student.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and earlier directories: the last year each school was listed, its students and its teachers.
Contact Saint Paul Public Schools
- Website: spps.org
- Phone: (651) 632-3760
- Office: 360 Colborne St, Saint Paul, MN 55102
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.
What to look at next about Saint Paul Public Schools
- Minnesota districts by spending per studentSaint Paul Public Schools ranks 4 of 163 Minnesota districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($21,634).#4 of 163
- Every school district in MinnesotaSaint Paul Public Schools is the number 2 by size of 543 Minnesota districts, with 32,316 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#2 of 543
- Anoka-Hennepin School DistrictThe next larger Minnesota district: 38,590 students in fall 2022, $15,130 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,130
- Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan ISD 196The next smaller Minnesota district: 29,221 students in fall 2022, $15,334 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,334
- Compare Saint Paul Public Schools with Anoka-Hennepin School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
- Central Senior High, its largest high school1,682 students in 2024-25, 26.3 per teacher.1,682
- Teacher salary spending across MinnesotaSaint Paul Public Schools spent $81,677 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $62,418); spending, not a salary.$81,677
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).
Questions about Saint Paul Public Schools
How many schools and students are in Saint Paul Public Schools?
76 schools were open in 2024-25 (40 elementary, 9 middle, 18 high, 9 other), enrolling 32,028 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.How much does Saint Paul Public Schools spend per student?
$21,634 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Minnesota median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $14,091 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $23,301 per student, up 7.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).Where does Saint Paul Public Schools' money come from?
$850,430,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 50.5% state, 28.3% local and 21.2% federal (NCES F-33).How many children in Saint Paul Public Schools live in poverty?
The Census Bureau estimates that 8,365 of the 52,209 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 16.0%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.How much does Saint Paul Public Schools spend on teacher salaries?
$182,987,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $5,662 per student. Divided by the 2,240 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $81,677 per teacher, more than 90 in 100 Minnesota districts (state median $62,418). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Minnesota teacher salary at $68,491 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).How do students in Saint Paul Public Schools do on state tests?
In 2021-22, the students tested in Saint Paul Public Schools scored proficient or above: 35% in reading and 25% in math, against 51.1% in reading and 44.8% in math across Minnesota. Minnesota's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.What is the graduation rate in Saint Paul Public Schools?
68% of the 2,610 students in Saint Paul Public Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 83.3% across Minnesota. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.What is Saint Paul Public Schools' NCES district ID?
2733840. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25