Crossroads Science Program

Crossroads Science Program is one of the modestly sized K-5 schools in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, operated by Saint Paul Public Schools, with 192 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Crossroads Science Program sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

Saint Paul Public Schools runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 33,152 students. Crossroads Science Program is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Crossroads Science Program records that the most-represented group is Black (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 18% Asian, 18% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 8% White. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Crossroads Science Program tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ramsey County) shows that median household income runs about $81,568, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which Crossroads Science Program is one.

Crossroads Montessori is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Crossroads Science Program ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 18.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 36%: 299 students in 2018 compared to 192 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 31% to 18%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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