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What's the most underrated thing about Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,066
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273384001594
Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo
560 RONDO AVE, SAINT PAUL, MN 55103 · (651) 325-2500 · Ramsey County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,066 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
443 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 73 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 142 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 162 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 150 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 167 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 159 | 15% |
This year's 1st grade class (73) is 54% smaller than its 8th grade class (159).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
67.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
59.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo
Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo this school | 1,066 | 41.6% | 59.6% |
| Champlin/Brooklyn Pk Acd MathEnvSci CHAMPLIN | 727 | 38.5% | 50.8% |
| Cedar Park Elementary STEM School APPLE VALLEY | 722 | 42.8% | 49.8% |
| PARKVIEW CENTER SCHOOL ROSEVILLE | 718 | 34.4% | 52.8% |
| ASPEN ACADEMY SAVAGE | 641 | 36.8% | 49.1% |
| FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY EDEN PRAIRIE | 603 | 35.8% | 68.6% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #152 of 844 | #10 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #285 of 844 | #15 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #75 of 844 | #10 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,066 | #3 of 1,130 | #1 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #764 of 769 | #83 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #62 of 796 | #16 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.6% | #460 of 942 | #75 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #221 of 499 | #26 of 55 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,066
-127 (-11%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 23.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,066 | 49.2 | 21.7:1 | 42% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 1,065 | 53.3 | 20.0:1 | 43% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 1,082 | 52.1 | 20.8:1 | 44% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 1,193 | 50 | 23.9:1 | 42% (502) |
| 2017-18 | 1,258 | 55.2 | 22.8:1 | 44% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 1,271 | 59 | 21.5:1 | 47% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 1,060 | 47 | 22.6:1 | 32% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 914 | 47 | 19.4:1 | 24% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 22 | 29.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,258 to 1,066); teachers down 11% (55.2 to 49.2).
About Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo
Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo is a large elementary school in Saint Paul Public Schools, located in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. It teaches 1,066 students in grades 1 through 8. That is 210% larger than the average of about 344 students for elementary schools in Minnesota.
The district, Saint Paul Public Schools, operates 87 schools serving 33,152 students.
The student body at Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo has no majority group. White students lead at 41%. Enrollment also includes 22% Black, 17% Asian, 12% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. The school's White share is 18 points below the 59% share among Ramsey County residents. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo are from different groups.
The school lists 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 42% of the student body. Public schools in Ramsey County average 57%.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Minnesota schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo does better than predicted by 16.9 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.6%; the prediction is 42.7%.
American Community Survey estimates for Ramsey County show that the median household earns about $81,568 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Ramsey County, 302 public schools serve about 94,437 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo from the closest public school, Benjamin E Mays IB World School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo ranks 1st of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 59.6% against a local average of 9.3%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 1,193 to 1,066, an 11% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 23.9:1 to 21.7:1.
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Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saint Paul Public Schools
- Central Senior HighHigh · 1,682 students
- Harding Senior HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Highland Park Senior HighHigh · 1,392 students
- Johnson Senior HighHigh · 1,076 students
- Washington Technology Senior HighHigh · 1,063 students
- Como Park Senior HighHigh · 1,034 students
Other schools in SAINT PAUL
- Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12High · 3,536 students
- Central Senior HighHigh · 1,682 students
- Harding Senior HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Highland Park Senior HighHigh · 1,392 students
- Johnson Senior HighHigh · 1,076 students
- Washington Technology Senior HighHigh · 1,063 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin E Mays IB World School0.0 mi · 336
- East African Magnet School0.6 mi · 296
- Maxfield Elementary School0.6 mi · 331
- St. Paul City High School0.8 mi · 152
- ST. PAUL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 150
- ST. PAUL CITY PRIMARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Capitol Hill Magnet/RondoWhat is the total enrollment at Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo?
Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo enrolls approximately 1,066 students in grades 01-08.
What age range does Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo serve?
Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo serves students from grade 01 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo is approximately 21.7:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo?
At Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo, the student body is approximately 41% White, 7% Hispanic, 22% Black, 17% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo?
Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo is overseen by Saint Paul Public Schools in Ramsey County.
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