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What advice would you give to incoming students at Randolph Heights Elementary?
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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273384001622
Randolph Heights Elementary
348 HAMLINE AVE S, SAINT PAUL, MN 55105 · (651) 293-8780 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
116 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
75.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
77.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Randolph Heights Elementary
Randolph Heights Elementary's state test result (70.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph Heights Elementary this school | 448 | 25.9% | 70.6% |
| FALCON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY FALCON HEIGHTS | 442 | 26.2% | 67.1% |
| HOOVER ELEMENTARY NORTH MANKATO | 461 | 25.4% | 53.6% |
| RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 390 | 23.8% | 68.9% |
| GLEN LAKE ELEMENTARY MINNETONKA | 465 | 23.2% | 54.9% |
| Oneka Elementary School HUGO | 463 | 24.4% | 46.2% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Randolph Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #33 of 844 | #3 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #49 of 844 | #2 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #22 of 844 | #1 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #387 of 1,130 | #36 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #751 of 769 | #77 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #370 of 796 | #65 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #742 of 942 | #90 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #474 of 499 | #51 of 55 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
448
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 20.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 448 | 23.7 | 18.9:1 | 26% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 27% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 25.1 | 17.4:1 | 31% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 22 | 20.1:1 | 28% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 23 | 19.8:1 | 31% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 22 | 21.3:1 | 23% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 21% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 386 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 46% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 322 | 17 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Randolph Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (455 to 448); teachers up 3% (23 to 23.7).
About Randolph Heights Elementary
In SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, part of Ramsey County, Randolph Heights Elementary is an elementary school. A federal count lists 448 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344, so this school runs 30% above that.
A total of 87 schools make up Saint Paul Public Schools, with 33,152 students enrolled.
Randolph Heights Elementary is 68% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 11% multiracial, 10% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Ramsey County's population at about 59%. Randolph Heights Elementary's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.9:1, with 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 5.2 students per teacher above the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 26% of enrollment. That rate is below the 57% average among public schools in Ramsey County.
allk12 grades Randolph Heights Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Randolph Heights Elementary is 51.1%. It actually posts 70.6%, which is 19.4 points higher and in the top 10% of Minnesota schools.
Ramsey County has about 542,945 residents, and the median household income is $81,568, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Randolph Heights Elementary, Ramsey County has 301 other public schools.
Nearby, EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch is about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Randolph Heights Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Randolph Heights Elementary places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Randolph Heights Elementary inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 448, starting from 443. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2020-21 to 18.9:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Randolph Heights Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saint Paul Public Schools
- Central Senior HighHigh · 1,682 students
- Harding Senior HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Highland Park Senior HighHigh · 1,392 students
- Johnson Senior HighHigh · 1,076 students
- Capitol Hill Magnet/RondoElementary · 1,066 students
- Washington Technology Senior HighHigh · 1,063 students
Other schools in SAINT PAUL
- Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12High · 3,536 students
- Central Senior HighHigh · 1,682 students
- Harding Senior HighHigh · 1,591 students
- Highland Park Senior HighHigh · 1,392 students
- Johnson Senior HighHigh · 1,076 students
- Capitol Hill Magnet/RondoElementary · 1,066 students
Nearby schools
- EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch0.5 mi · 393
- Global Arts Plus Lower0.7 mi · 410
- Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter0.8 mi · 117
- Adams Magnet Elementary0.8 mi · 605
- St. Paul School of Northern Lights0.9 mi · 212
- St. Paul Northern Lights Secondary0.9 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About Randolph Heights ElementaryHow many students attend Randolph Heights Elementary?
Randolph Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Randolph Heights Elementary serve?
Randolph Heights Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Randolph Heights Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Randolph Heights Elementary is approximately 18.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Randolph Heights Elementary?
At Randolph Heights Elementary, the student body is approximately 68% White, 7% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Randolph Heights Elementary public or private?
Randolph Heights Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Saint Paul Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.