Community School of Excellence Elem

Community School of Excellence Elem is one of the large K-5 schools in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, one of the schools within Community School of Excellence, with 696 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 102% bigger than typical.

Community School of Excellence Elem is one of 3 schools operated by Community School of Excellence, a district that teaches 1,455 students overall.

Demographically, Community School of Excellence Elem shows that 99% of students identify as Asian, making the school strongly Asian-majority. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Community School of Excellence Elem has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Community School of Excellence Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Community School of Excellence Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ramsey County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, 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), Community School of Excellence Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Community School of Excellence - MS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Community School of Excellence Elem. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Community School of Excellence Elem at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 26.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Community School of Excellence Elem operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 37%: 1,102 students in 2018 compared to 696 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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