Maxfield Elementary School

Set in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Maxfield Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus, run under Saint Paul Public Schools. It instructs 331 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 87 schools in Saint Paul Public Schools (33,152 students total), Maxfield Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Maxfield Elementary School records that the largest single group is Black at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 11% White, 7% Asian. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 89% 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 above Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

After controlling for student poverty, Maxfield Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 17.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Ramsey County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which Maxfield Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: A. G. A. P. E. Teen Parent, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Maxfield Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.0%.

Maxfield Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Maxfield Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 299 (now 331). Black enrollment moved from 67% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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