HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS

HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS is a high school of intimate scale in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, run under HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS, teacheing 181 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 51% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS sits inside HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS reports that the largest single group is Black, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 12% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 92% of students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ramsey County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.8%, the actual is 22.4%, a residual of +6.6 points.

Across the wider county, 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. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS is one.

The closest other public school is Gordon Parks High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site. HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 44%: 324 students in 2018 compared to 181 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 68% to 73%. Class-load math has fell: from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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