CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY

Located at 1611 AMES AVE, in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY is a minimally staffed elementary-level community that serves 132 students (grades K through 6), operated by CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY. Enrollment runs roughly 62% leaner than the state mean of about 344.

CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY sits inside CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 16% multiracial, 10% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY shows 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 55% of students at CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.9%.

Across the wider county, Ramsey County reports 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%. CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 137 (now 132). The White share of enrollment declined from 50% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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