Community of Peace Academy Elem

Community of Peace Academy Elem is a medium-sized K-5 school in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, operated by COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY. The school instructs 326 students in grades pre-K through 4.

COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 855 students. Community of Peace Academy Elem is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Community of Peace Academy Elem records that 33% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 26% Hispanic, 26% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Community of Peace Academy Elem has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Community of Peace Academy Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 12.6%.

In the surrounding 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 the poverty rate sits near 8%. Community of Peace Academy Elem is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

Community of Peace Academy High Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Community of Peace Academy Elem. On composite proficiency, Community of Peace Academy Elem comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 17.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Community of Peace Academy Elem operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 389 students in 2018 compared to 326 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 46% to 26%. Class-load math has grew: from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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