Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Como Park Senior High
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Como Park Senior High
Como Park Senior High is a four-year high school of sizable scale in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, one of the schools within Saint Paul Public Schools, serveing 1,034 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Como Park Senior High sits 179% above that benchmark.
Como Park Senior High is one of 87 schools operated by Saint Paul Public Schools, a district that educates 33,152 students overall.
On demographics, Como Park Senior High logs that the most-represented group is Black (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Asian, 17% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Roughly 69% of students at Como Park Senior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.
With demographic context factored in, Como Park Senior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.0%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ramsey County put the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Como Park Senior High is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Saint Paul Online Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Como Park Senior High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 20.8%.
Como Park Senior High operates from an urban location.
Over the past 7-year window. Como Park Senior High's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 1,291 (now 1,034). Class-load math has widened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- Central Senior HighHigh · 1,682 students
- Harding Senior HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Highland Park Senior HighHigh · 1,392 students
- Johnson Senior HighHigh · 1,076 students
- Capitol Hill Magnet/RondoElementary · 1,066 students
- Washington Technology Senior HighHigh · 1,063 students
- Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12High · 3,536 students
- Central Senior HighHigh · 1,682 students
- Harding Senior HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Highland Park Senior HighHigh · 1,392 students
- Johnson Senior HighHigh · 1,076 students
- Capitol Hill Magnet/RondoElementary · 1,066 students
- Saint Paul Online Middle School0.2 mi · 145
- Saint Paul Online Elementary School0.2 mi · 109
- Early Education Como0.2 mi · 17
- Saint Paul Online High School0.2 mi · 324
- Como Park Elementary0.2 mi · 387
- Rivereast Program0.5 mi · 54