Bruce F Vento Elementary

Bruce F Vento Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary schools in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, operated by Saint Paul Public Schools, with 446 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% larger than the state mean of about 344.

Within Saint Paul Public Schools, which oversees 87 schools and 33,152 students, Bruce F Vento Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bruce F Vento Elementary lists that 37% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 9% White, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at Bruce F Vento Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bruce F Vento Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.3%; this one delivers 7.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Ramsey County indicate 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. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Bruce F Vento Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Community of Peace Academy Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bruce F Vento Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bruce F Vento Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 17.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bruce F Vento Elementary has fell 19%, going from 548 students in 2018 to 446 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment decreased from 59% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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