Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion

Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion is an elementary school of sizable scale in SAINT PAUL PARK, Minnesota, operated by South Washington County Schools, teacheing 561 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion sits 63% bigger than that benchmark.

South Washington County Schools comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 19,578 students; Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion is among them.

Looking at the student body, Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion records that White students make up the majority at 55%. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.2%; this one delivers 47.3%.

Across the wider county, census data for Washington County shows median household income runs about $115,345, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion is one of 103 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students).

Nearest neighbor: PULLMAN ELEMENTARY, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion's enrollment has ticked up 42% since 2018, when it stood at 396 (now 561). The White share of enrollment edged down from 71% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.