Como Park Elementary

Como Park Elementary is one of the average-sized primary schools in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, operated by Saint Paul Public Schools, with 387 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, Como Park Elementary reports that 40% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% Black, 17% Hispanic, 13% White, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Como Park Elementary has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 87% of students at Como Park Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Como Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Ramsey County) shows 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), Como Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Saint Paul Online Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Como Park Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 493 students in 2018 compared to 387 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 7% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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