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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273384004491
Saint Paul Music Academy
27 GERANIUM AVE E, SAINT PAUL, MN 55117 · (651) 293-8795 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
429 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
70%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
26.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
29.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 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 Saint Paul Music Academy
Saint Paul Music Academy's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Paul Music Academy this school | 514 | 83.5% | 24.6% |
| Frost Lake Elementary School SAINT PAUL | 593 | 84.1% | 16.2% |
| Battle Creek Elementary School SAINT PAUL | 470 | 83.4% | 22.6% |
| Mississippi Creative Arts Elem SAINT PAUL | 570 | 86.8% | 12.3% |
| Farnsworth Aerospace Lower SAINT PAUL | 466 | 84.1% | 27.0% |
| Como Park Elementary SAINT PAUL | 387 | 87.3% | 23.0% |
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 Saint Paul Music Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #720 of 844 | #53 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #691 of 844 | #48 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #736 of 844 | #58 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #275 of 1,130 | #24 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #212 of 769 | #33 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #135 of 796 | #35 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #79 of 942 | #33 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #174 of 499 | #20 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
514
-51 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 514 | 42 | 12.3:1 | 83% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 45.2 | 10.4:1 | 92% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 50.7 | 9.9:1 | 91% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 46 | 12.3:1 | 85% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 46 | 13.8:1 | 91% (578) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 36 | 16.2:1 | 93% (546) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saint Paul Music Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (632 to 514); teachers down 9% (46 to 42).
About Saint Paul Music Academy
SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, is home to Saint Paul Music Academy, a medium-sized elementary school. It serves 514 students in pre-K through 6. The average among elementary schools in Minnesota is roughly 344 students; this school is 49% above that.
Saint Paul Public Schools is the local district for Saint Paul Music Academy. It runs 87 schools with 33,152 students.
Federal enrollment data show Asian students as the largest group at Saint Paul Music Academy, at 48%. Other groups make up 18% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% White, and 8% multiracial. County-wide, 15% of Ramsey County residents are Asian. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 42 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.3:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher below the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Saint Paul Music Academy reports 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 57% average for public schools in Ramsey County.
The allk12 Grade for Saint Paul Music Academy is C. Compared with Minnesota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 29% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Saint Paul Music Academy is +4.5 points: 24.6% actual, 20.2% predicted.
Ramsey County census figures show that the median household income is $81,568, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. There are 302 public schools in Ramsey County, enrolling about 94,437 students in all.
Prodeo Academy St. Paul Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Saint Paul Music Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Saint Paul Music Academy ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 24.6% versus a 22.3% average.
Federal data place Saint Paul Music Academy in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 9% from 2020-21, when Saint Paul Music Academy had 565 students, to 2024-25, when it had 514.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Prodeo Academy St. Paul Primary0.4 mi · 116
- Prodeo Academy St. Paul Elementary0.4 mi · 133
- Prodeo Academy St. Paul Middle0.4 mi · 131
- MMSA Secondary School0.5 mi · 327
- MMSA Elementary School0.5 mi · 243
- Paul & Sheila Wellstone Elementary0.6 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Saint Paul Music AcademyHow many students attend Saint Paul Music Academy?
Saint Paul Music Academy enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Saint Paul Music Academy serve?
Saint Paul Music Academy serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Saint Paul Music Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Saint Paul Music Academy is approximately 12.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Saint Paul Music Academy?
At Saint Paul Music Academy, the student body is approximately 9% White, 18% Hispanic, 17% Black, 48% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Saint Paul Music Academy?
Saint Paul Music Academy is overseen by Saint Paul Public Schools in Ramsey County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.