Journeys Secondary School

Located at 90 WESTERN AVE, in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Journeys Secondary School is a rural-scale four-year high school that instructs 73 students (grades 8 through 12), one of the schools within Saint Paul Public Schools. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Journeys Secondary School sits 80% below that benchmark.

Journeys Secondary School is one of 87 schools operated by Saint Paul Public Schools, a district that educates 33,152 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Journeys Secondary School shows that Black students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 15% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Journeys Secondary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ramsey County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Ramsey County) records that the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which Journeys Secondary School is one.

The closest other public school is Home/Hospital Instruction, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Journeys Secondary School.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Journeys Secondary School's enrollment has increased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 60 (now 73). White enrollment moved from 22% to 15% across the same window.

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