Rise Academy

Rise Academy operates as an intimate elementary-level community in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, one of the schools within Rise Academy. Current enrollment sits at 164 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Rise Academy sits 52% below that benchmark.

Rise Academy sits inside Rise Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rise Academy lists that 76% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Ramsey County put median household earnings sit near $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 Rise Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Brittany's Place, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rise Academy.

The school occupies a high-density site. Rise Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 6-year window. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Rise Academy has decreased 52%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 164 in 2024. The Black share of enrollment declined from 13% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2024.

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