Open World Learning Secondary

Located at 640 HUMBOLDT AVENUE, in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Open World Learning Secondary is a medium-sized 9-12 campus that caters to 504 students (grades 6 through 12), run under Saint Paul Public Schools. That puts it 36% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Open World Learning Secondary is one of 87 schools operated by Saint Paul Public Schools, a district that hosts 33,152 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Open World Learning Secondary records that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% Black. Compared to Ramsey County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at Open World Learning Secondary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Open World Learning Secondary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.0%, the actual is 53.7%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ramsey County put the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Open World Learning Secondary is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Humboldt High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Open World Learning Secondary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Open World Learning Secondary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 19.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Open World Learning Secondary has increased 11%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 504 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment decreased from 12% to 8% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.