Creative Arts Secondary School

Set in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Creative Arts Secondary School is a middle-of-the-pack senior high, part of Saint Paul Public Schools. It caters to 382 students across grades 6 through 12.

Across the 87 schools in Saint Paul Public Schools (33,152 students total), Creative Arts Secondary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Creative Arts Secondary School records that the largest single group is Black at 31%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 23% White, 18% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Creative Arts Secondary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 demographically-adjusted basis, Creative Arts Secondary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.5%, the actual is 22.0%, a residual of -2.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Ramsey County put median household earnings sit near $81,568, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Creative Arts Secondary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ST PAUL CONSERVATORY PERFORMING ART, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Creative Arts Secondary School.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Creative Arts Secondary School's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 433 (now 382). Asian enrollment moved from 20% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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