North Senior High

Set in NORTH SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, North Senior High is a sprawling four-year high school, run under North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale. It hosts 1,649 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 344% larger than typical.

North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 10,754 students. North Senior High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, North Senior High lists that the largest single group is Asian at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 22% White, 19% Hispanic, 18% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, North Senior High has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.0:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, North Senior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.9%; this one delivers 26.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ramsey County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,568, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Senior High is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

622 Online High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Senior High. On composite proficiency, North Senior High comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 25.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Senior High's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,797 (now 1,649). Over the same period, the White share fell from 42% to 22%. Class-load math has widened: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.

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