Career Pathways

As a very small 9-12 campus in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Career Pathways educates 121 students from grades 6 through 12, operated by Career Pathways. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 67% smaller than typical.

Career Pathways is a school of Career Pathways, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Career Pathways logs that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% White, 5% Asian. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Career Pathways tighter than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ramsey County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Career Pathways tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 6.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Ramsey County indicate 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%. Career Pathways is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12 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. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Career Pathways ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, Career Pathways runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 59%: 76 students in 2018 compared to 121 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 87% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Career Pathways community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.