Horace Mann School

Located at 2001 ELEANOR AVE, in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Horace Mann School is a medium-sized K-5 school that works with 445 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Saint Paul Public Schools. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Horace Mann School sits 29% bigger than that benchmark.

Saint Paul Public Schools runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 33,152 students. Horace Mann School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Horace Mann School shows that White students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Horace Mann School reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Horace Mann School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 54.6%; this one delivers 71.5%, a residual of +17.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Ramsey County) reports that median household income runs about $81,568, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Horace Mann School is one.

The closest other public school is Early Ed Highland, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Horace Mann School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Horace Mann School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 449 (now 445). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 14% to 7%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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