Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy

Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy operates as an average-sized elementary campus in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, operated by Saint Paul Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 431 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy sits 25% above that benchmark.

Saint Paul Public Schools runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 33,152 students. Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy reports that 35% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 27% multiracial, 26% White, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.2%; actual is 75.2%, +27.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ramsey County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,568, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Highland Park Senior High, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 40.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy has edged up 82%, going from 237 students in 2018 to 431 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 32% to 26%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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