Sejong Academy Upper School

Located at 2410 STILLWATER RD E, in MAPLEWOOD, Minnesota, Sejong Academy Upper School is an one-room-style secondary school that instructs 136 students (grades 6 through 12), overseen by Sejong Academy of Minnesota. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Sejong Academy Upper School sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Sejong Academy Upper School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Asian (97%); the rest comes out to 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sejong Academy Upper School has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Sejong Academy Upper School higher than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, Sejong Academy Upper School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.6%.

In the surrounding community, Ramsey County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Upper School is one.

The closest other public school is Sejong Academy Lower School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sejong Academy Upper School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 18.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. Sejong Academy Upper School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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