Quantum STEAM Academy Elementary

Quantum STEAM Academy Elementary is one of the minimally staffed elementary-level communitys in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, overseen by Quantum STEAM Academy Charter, with 128 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 63% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Quantum STEAM Academy Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Quantum STEAM Academy Charter, a district that enrolls 200 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Quantum STEAM Academy Elementary logs that nearly all students (100%) are Black. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 28.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Quantum STEAM Academy Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Quantum STEAM Academy Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 11.3%; Quantum STEAM Academy Elementary posts 24.5%, +13.2 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for Ramsey County shows median household income runs about $81,568, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which Quantum STEAM Academy Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Quantum STEAM Academy Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Quantum STEAM Academy Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 24.9%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. Quantum STEAM Academy Elementary is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.