Minnesota Connections Academy K-6

As an expansive elementary school in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Minnesota Connections Academy K-6 instructs 1,017 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch. That puts it 196% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,721 students; Minnesota Connections Academy K-6 is among them.

Looking at the student body, Minnesota Connections Academy K-6 records that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 15% Black, 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 4% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Ramsey County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Minnesota Connections Academy K-6 shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 30.2:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Ramsey County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Minnesota Connections Academy K-6 is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Minnesota Connections Academy K-6.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Minnesota Connections Academy K-6 operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

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