Adams Magnet Elementary

As a roomy elementary campus in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Adams Magnet Elementary instructs 605 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Saint Paul Public Schools. That puts it 76% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Across the 87 schools in Saint Paul Public Schools (33,152 students total), Adams Magnet Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Adams Magnet Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 36% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ramsey County (around 57%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Adams Magnet Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Ramsey County put median household earnings sit near $81,568, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Adams Magnet Elementary is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

The closest other public school is Nova Classical Academy Upper School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Adams Magnet Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Adams Magnet Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.4%.

Adams Magnet Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Adams Magnet Elementary's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 632 (now 605). White enrollment moved from 24% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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