Community of Peace Academy Middle

Community of Peace Academy Middle operates as an intimate 6-8 campus in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, part of COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY. Current enrollment sits at 279 students spanning grades 5 through 8. That puts it 44% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

Within COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY, which oversees 3 schools and 855 students, Community of Peace Academy Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Community of Peace Academy Middle logs that the largest single group is Asian at 31%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Hispanic, 27% Black, 6% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Community of Peace Academy Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.9%; this one delivers 19.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Ramsey County put median household income runs about $81,568, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Community of Peace Academy Middle is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Community of Peace Academy Elem, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Community of Peace Academy Middle. On composite proficiency, Community of Peace Academy Middle comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 15.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, Community of Peace Academy Middle runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Community of Peace Academy Middle has climbed 89%, going from 148 students in 2018 to 279 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 32% to 27% over that span.

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