Richardson Elementary

Set in NORTH SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Richardson Elementary is a big elementary-level community, one of the schools within North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale. It enrolls 654 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 90% above the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Richardson Elementary is one of 20 schools operated by North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale, a district that hosts 10,754 students overall.

On demographics, Richardson Elementary logs that the largest single group is Asian at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 15% Black, 15% White, 12% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the resource side, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Richardson Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at Richardson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ramsey County (around 57%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Richardson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.8%; this one delivers 27.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Ramsey County indicate median household income runs about $81,568, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Richardson Elementary is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: 622 Alternative Middle/High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Richardson Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 25.1%.

Richardson Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Richardson Elementary's enrollment has rose 33% since 2018, when it stood at 492 (now 654). Asian enrollment moved from 26% to 46% across the same window.

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