Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273384002672
L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion
1760 AMES PLACE, SAINT PAUL, MN 55106 · (651) 744-6970 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
106 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 90% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
58.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
57.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion
L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion's state test result (54.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion this school | 282 | 37.6% | 54.7% |
| FIT Academy APPLE VALLEY | 264 | 42.4% | 38.3% |
| Longfellow Elementary School ROCHESTER | 265 | 36.6% | 46.5% |
| JJ Hill Montessori SAINT PAUL | 360 | 35.0% | 33.7% |
| Hoover Elementary School ROCHESTER | 228 | 42.1% | 39.4% |
| SUSAN LINDGREN ELEMENTARY SAINT LOUIS PARK | 457 | 38.9% | 51.0% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #248 of 844 | #16 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #313 of 844 | #17 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #230 of 844 | #19 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #671 of 1,130 | #76 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #387 of 769 | #48 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #65 of 796 | #18 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #551 of 942 | #79 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #224 of 499 | #27 of 55 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
282
+42 (+18%) vs 2020
+154% since 2000-01, when it was 111
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 282 | 20.7 | 13.6:1 | 38% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 23.8 | 11.7:1 | 43% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 22.6 | 13.0:1 | 39% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 240 | 15 | 16.0:1 | 33% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 332 | 15.1 | 22.1:1 | 27% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 19 | 21.3:1 | 29% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 27 | 21.7:1 | 21% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 111 | 3 | 37.0:1 | 14% (16) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (332 to 282); teachers up 37% (15.1 to 20.7).
About L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion
SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, is home to L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion, a low-enrollment elementary school. Its enrollment is 282 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion is one of 87 schools in Saint Paul Public Schools, which enrolls 33,152 students in total.
White students account for 40% of enrollment at L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 25% Black, 17% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 59% of Ramsey County residents are White. The diversity index for L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 13.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion, which has 20.7. The ratio is within a point of the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 38%. That is lower than the 57% average for public schools in Ramsey County.
On the allk12 Grade, L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion lands at B+, ahead of 74% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
A school with L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion's lunch-eligibility share in Minnesota is predicted to score 44.9%. L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion scores 54.7%, 9.8 points above that line.
In the surrounding county, Ramsey County, the median household earns about $81,568 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion, Ramsey County has 302 public schools.
About 0.1 miles separate L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion from the closest public school, Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary. The five-mile area around L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion holds at least 8 other public schools. L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion's average proficiency of 54.7% compares with 18.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion had a net gain of 42 students, or 18%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.0 to 13.6 over 4 years.
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Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
Quick facts
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- Washington Technology Senior HighHigh · 1,063 students
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- Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12High · 3,536 students
- Central Senior HighHigh · 1,682 students
- Harding Senior HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Highland Park Senior HighHigh · 1,392 students
- Johnson Senior HighHigh · 1,076 students
- Capitol Hill Magnet/RondoElementary · 1,066 students
Nearby schools
- Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary0.1 mi · 336
- Academia Cesar Chavez Middle School0.1 mi · 149
- Hazel Park Preparatory Academy0.4 mi · 489
- CORNERSTONE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 132
- Nokomis Montessori North Campus0.5 mi · 344
- Early Ed Eastern Heights0.8 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About L'Etoile du Nord French ImmersionWhat is the total enrollment at L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion?
L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion enrolls approximately 282 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion serve?
L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion?
The student-to-teacher ratio at L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion is approximately 13.6:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion?
At L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion, the student body is approximately 40% White, 12% Hispanic, 25% Black, 5% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion public or private?
L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion is a public K-12 school, overseen by Saint Paul Public Schools.
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