Chelsea Heights Elementary

Set in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Chelsea Heights Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school, part of Saint Paul Public Schools. It hosts 305 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Saint Paul Public Schools comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 33,152 students; Chelsea Heights Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chelsea Heights Elementary logs that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 18% Black, 15% multiracial, 10% Asian, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Chelsea Heights Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chelsea Heights Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.1%; this one delivers 48.6%.

Around the school, Ramsey County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,568, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Chelsea Heights Elementary is one campus in the mix.

FALCON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chelsea Heights Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 37%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 305 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.