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Enrollment
1,591
High
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273384001585
Harding Senior High
1540 6TH ST E, SAINT PAUL, MN 55106 · (651) 793-4700 · Ramsey County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,591 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Minnesota public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
1,162 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 438 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 405 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 366 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 382 | 24% |
Student demographics
62%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
28.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
9.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 29 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.
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
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Harding Senior High
Harding Senior High's state test result (19.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harding Senior High this school | 1,591 | 73.0% | 19.8% |
| Johnson Senior High SAINT PAUL | 1,076 | 77.3% | 26.3% |
| Washington Technology Senior High SAINT PAUL | 1,063 | 81.1% | 31.3% |
| Humboldt High School SAINT PAUL | 955 | 84.0% | 13.1% |
| PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL BROOKLYN PARK | 2,061 | 63.4% | 23.0% |
| North Senior High NORTH SAINT PAUL | 1,649 | 63.5% | 26.8% |
Matched among Minnesota high 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 Harding Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #375 of 397 | #29 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #379 of 401 | #27 of 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #367 of 397 | #27 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,591 | #48 of 764 | #7 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #279 of 332 | #19 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #66 of 338 | #16 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #42 of 444 | #20 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #33 of 146 | #7 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,591
-309 (-16%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,649
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 1,591 | 78 | 20.4:1 | 73% (1,162) |
| 2023-24 | 1,597 | 87.2 | 18.3:1 | 79% (1,268) |
| 2022-23 | 1,717 | 85.3 | 20.1:1 | 79% (1,358) |
| 2020-21 | 1,900 | 96 | 19.8:1 | 73% (1,394) |
| 2017-18 | 1,925 | 117.2 | 16.4:1 | 77% (1,488) |
| 2015-16 | 1,983 | 110 | 18.0:1 | 81% (1,612) |
| 2010-11 | 2,082 | 113 | 18.4:1 | 87% (1,817) |
| 2000-01 | 2,131 | 99 | 21.5:1 | 61% (1,309) |
| 1990-91 | 1,649 | 70 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harding Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,925 to 1,591); teachers down 33% (117.2 to 78).
About Harding Senior High
Harding Senior High runs as a large high school in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 1,591 students. High schools in Minnesota have about 371 students on average; enrollment here is 329% higher.
Across its 87 schools, Saint Paul Public Schools enrolls 33,152 students. Harding Senior High is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Harding Senior High, about 57 are Asian. It is also 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% White. Ramsey County's residents are about 15% Asian, 41 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Harding Senior High scores 62%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1. The school has 78 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota is 4.1 students per teacher. In all, 73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 16 points above the 57% average for public schools in Ramsey County.
Among Minnesota public high schools, Harding Senior High outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.8% for Harding Senior High. The school posts 19.8%, 6.0 points below the prediction.
In Ramsey County, home to about 542,945 people, the median household earns about $81,568 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Ramsey County number 302, with about 94,437 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Twin Cities Academy, is about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Harding Senior High ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Harding Senior High is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 1,591, from 1,900 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Harding Senior High. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- 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
- Como Park Senior HighHigh · 1,034 students
Other schools in SAINT PAUL
- Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12High · 3,536 students
- Central Senior HighHigh · 1,682 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
Nearby schools
- Twin Cities Academy0.2 mi · 547
- Nokomis Montessori South Campus0.5 mi · 258
- Txuj Ci HMong Language & Culture U0.5 mi · 337
- L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion0.9 mi · 282
- American Indian Magnet School0.9 mi · 571
- Eastern Heights Elementary1.0 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Harding Senior HighHow large is Harding Senior High?
Harding Senior High enrolls approximately 1,591 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Harding Senior High serve?
Harding Senior High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Harding Senior High have?
Harding Senior High employs 78 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Harding Senior High?
Student demographics at Harding Senior High are roughly 4% White, 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, 57% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Harding Senior High in?
Harding Senior High is part of Saint Paul Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.