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If you could change one rule at EXPO FOR EXCELLENCE ELEMENTARY SCH, what would it be?
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Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273384001167
EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch
540 WARWICK ST, SAINT PAUL, MN 55116 · (651) 290-8384 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
178 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 48%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
51.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
35.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch
EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch this school | 393 | 45.3% | 40.7% |
| L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY MINNETONKA | 521 | 47.6% | 33.6% |
| KENNEDY ELEMENTARY MANKATO | 347 | 48.7% | 59.9% |
| AQUILA ELEMENTARY SAINT LOUIS PARK | 498 | 46.2% | 45.0% |
| Seward Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 576 | 47.7% | 35.0% |
| BEACON ACADEMY CRYSTAL | 524 | 48.5% | 34.1% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #514 of 844 | #28 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #631 of 844 | #34 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #360 of 844 | #23 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #495 of 1,130 | #53 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #86 of 769 | #16 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #193 of 796 | #46 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #398 of 942 | #71 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.7% | #20 of 499 | #4 of 55 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
393
-156 (-28%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 17.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 393 | 36 | 10.9:1 | 45% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 37.1 | 11.2:1 | 46% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 33.2 | 13.2:1 | 43% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 39% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 34.1 | 19.4:1 | 32% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 35 | 19.0:1 | 33% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 728 | 38 | 19.2:1 | 38% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 694 | 50 | 13.9:1 | 48% (334) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (663 to 393); teachers up 6% (34.1 to 36).
About EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch
EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch operates as a mid-sized elementary school in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. In all, 393 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 87 schools in Saint Paul Public Schools, with 33,152 students enrolled.
The largest racial or ethnic group at EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch is White, with 46% of students. Enrollment also includes 34% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The school's White share is 14 points below the 59% share among Ramsey County residents. The diversity index for EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.9 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 45% of the student body. That is 12 points below the 57% average for public schools in Ramsey County.
On the allk12 Grade, EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch scores 40.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 40.7%.
Census data for Ramsey County show the median household earns about $81,568 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Ramsey County number 302, with about 94,437 students.
Among nearby public schools, Randolph Heights Elementary is closest at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch enrolled 549 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 393. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.2:1 to 10.9:1.
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Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saint Paul Public 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
Other schools in SAINT PAUL
- 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
Nearby schools
- Randolph Heights Elementary0.5 mi · 448
- St. Paul Northern Lights Secondary0.6 mi · 15
- St. Paul School of Northern Lights0.6 mi · 212
- Highland Park Elementary0.9 mi · 406
- Early Ed Highland0.9 mi · 16
- Highland Park Middle School1.0 mi · 811
Frequently asked questions
About EXPO for Excellence Elementary SchWhat is the total enrollment at EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch?
EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch enrolls approximately 393 students in grades PK-05.
Is EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch an elementary, middle, or high school?
EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch is approximately 10.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch?
Student demographics at EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch are roughly 46% White, 9% Hispanic, 34% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch?
EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch is overseen by Saint Paul Public Schools in Ramsey County.
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