American Indian Magnet School

American Indian Magnet School operates as a sprawling elementary-level community in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, part of Saint Paul Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 571 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so American Indian Magnet School sits 66% bigger than that benchmark.

American Indian Magnet School is one of 87 schools operated by Saint Paul Public Schools, a district that instructs 33,152 students overall.

On the student-mix side, American Indian Magnet School records that the most-represented group is Asian (25%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 23% multiracial, 22% Hispanic, 14% Native American, 11% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, American Indian Magnet School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.8%, the actual is 14.1%, a residual of -5.7 points.

In the broader community, Ramsey County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), American Indian Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is STEP Academy Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts American Indian Magnet School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 21.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. American Indian Magnet School's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 644 (now 571). Black enrollment moved from 17% to 11% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.