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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273384001628
St. Anthony Park Elementary
2180 KNAPP ST, SAINT PAUL, MN 55108 · (651) 293-8735 · Ramsey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
15.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
159 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
64%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
62.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
61.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 St. Anthony Park Elementary
St. Anthony Park Elementary's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Anthony Park Elementary this school | 451 | 35.3% | 57.3% |
| BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH | 441 | 32.0% | 57.6% |
| Groveland Park Elementary SAINT PAUL | 409 | 38.4% | 57.4% |
| WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SHOREVIEW | 459 | 37.5% | 55.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School ROCHESTER | 464 | 32.5% | 64.0% |
| Golden Lake Elementary CIRCLE PINES | 394 | 38.3% | 53.5% |
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 St. Anthony Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #189 of 844 | #13 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #239 of 844 | #12 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #155 of 844 | #12 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #381 of 1,130 | #35 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #595 of 769 | #64 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #231 of 796 | #54 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.3% | #604 of 942 | #82 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #294 of 499 | #32 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
451
-85 (-16%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 451 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 35% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 43% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 30.7 | 16.4:1 | 40% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 34% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 26.1 | 19.5:1 | 26% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 24 | 21.8:1 | 25% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 26 | 20.9:1 | 26% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 484 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 49% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 27 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Anthony Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (509 to 451); teachers up 11% (26.1 to 29).
About St. Anthony Park Elementary
Among the schools in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, is St. Anthony Park Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 451 students enrolled. It has 31% more students than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota (about 344).
St. Anthony Park Elementary is one school in Saint Paul Public Schools, a system of 87 schools with 33,152 students.
White students are 55% of those enrolled at St. Anthony Park Elementary. The rest of enrollment is 17% Black, 10% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. That is in line with Ramsey County, where about 59% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
Its staff includes 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.6 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota, 13.7:1, is lower. St. Anthony Park Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 35%. The average for public schools in Ramsey County is 57%.
On the allk12 Grade, St. Anthony Park Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 82% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
St. Anthony Park Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.3% is 11.2 points above the 46.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Ramsey County, the median household earns about $81,568 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Ramsey County, 302 public schools serve about 94,437 students.
Of the public schools around it, St. Anthony Park Elementary is closest to Anna Westin House, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.2%; St. Anthony Park Elementary's is 57.3%, ranking 1st of 4.
St. Anthony Park Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 451, down from 536 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 15.6 students per teacher, compared with 19.1 in 2020-21.
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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
- Anna Westin House0.2 mi · 13
- Murray Middle School0.5 mi · 576
- Jennings Community School1.0 mi · 57
- Jennings Online Program1.0 mi · 13
- MINNESOTA ONLINE HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 254
- Avalon Middle School1.1 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About St. Anthony Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at St. Anthony Park Elementary?
St. Anthony Park Elementary enrolls approximately 451 students in grades KG-06.
Is St. Anthony Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
St. Anthony Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does St. Anthony Park Elementary have?
St. Anthony Park Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is St. Anthony Park Elementary?
St. Anthony Park Elementary reports a student body of 55% White, 8% Hispanic, 17% Black, 10% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is St. Anthony Park Elementary public or private?
St. Anthony Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Saint Paul Public Schools.
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