Saint Paul Music Academy

Saint Paul Music Academy is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, run under Saint Paul Public Schools. The school works with 514 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 49% above the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Saint Paul Public Schools comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 33,152 students; Saint Paul Music Academy is among them.

In terms of who attends, Saint Paul Music Academy shows that the most-represented group is Asian (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% White, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Saint Paul Music Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ramsey County (around 57%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Saint Paul Music Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Ramsey County) shows that median household earnings sit near $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%. Saint Paul Music Academy is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

The closest other public school is Prodeo Academy St. Paul Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Saint Paul Music Academy comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Saint Paul Music Academy's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 632 (now 514). Over the same period, the Asian share contracted from 61% to 48%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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