Sejong Academy Lower School

Sejong Academy Lower School is an elementary school of cozy scale in MAPLEWOOD, Minnesota, operated by Sejong Academy of Minnesota, instructing 196 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 43% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Sejong Academy of Minnesota comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 332 students; Sejong Academy Lower School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Sejong Academy Lower School logs that nearly all students (93%) are Asian. The remainder comes out to 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sejong Academy Lower School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at Sejong Academy Lower School qualify 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), Sejong Academy Lower School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Ramsey County shows median household earnings sit near $81,568, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which Sejong Academy Lower School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sejong Academy Upper School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sejong Academy Lower School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 18.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. Sejong Academy Lower School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 21%: 162 students in 2018 compared to 196 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 6% to 1% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.