PrairieCare Maplewood

PrairieCare Maplewood is one of the minimally staffed all-grades campuss in MAPLEWOOD, Minnesota, overseen by North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale, with 18 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. That puts it 64% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 50 students.

Within North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale, which oversees 20 schools and 10,754 students, PrairieCare Maplewood is one campus in the system.

Demographically, PrairieCare Maplewood lists that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder reads as 17% Black, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PrairieCare Maplewood records 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. The state averages around 6.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ramsey County indicate median household income runs about $81,568, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), PrairieCare Maplewood is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fairview Adolescent Education Progr, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PrairieCare Maplewood.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PrairieCare Maplewood has ticked down 10%, going from 20 students in 2018 to 18 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share grew from 5% to 17%.

In the discussion threads here, members of the PrairieCare Maplewood community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.