Bridge View Special Education

Set in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Bridge View Special Education is a high-enrollment all-grades campus, overseen by Saint Paul Public Schools. It instructs 115 students across grades K through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 50 students each, so Bridge View Special Education sits 130% larger than that benchmark.

Bridge View Special Education is one of 87 schools operated by Saint Paul Public Schools, a district that caters to 33,152 students overall.

Demographically, Bridge View Special Education lists that 38% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 32% Black, 15% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 6.4:1, putting Bridge View Special Education tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Ramsey County indicate median household income runs about $81,568, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Bridge View Special Education is one campus in the mix.

Brittany's Place is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 136 students in 2018 compared to 115 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 49% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 6.8:1 in 2018 to 4.9:1 in 2025.

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