Highland Park Middle School

Highland Park Middle School is an expansive 6-8 campus in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, overseen by Saint Paul Public Schools. The school caters to 811 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 64% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

Within Saint Paul Public Schools, which oversees 87 schools and 33,152 students, Highland Park Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Highland Park Middle School reports that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 30% Hispanic, 17% Black, 11% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Highland Park Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Ramsey County put median household income runs about $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), Highland Park Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Highland Park Senior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Highland Park Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 808 students in 2018 compared to 811 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 39% to 35%. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Highland Park Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.