St. Paul Northern Lights Secondary

As a micro-enrollment middle-grades school in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, St. Paul Northern Lights Secondary works with 15 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within St. Paul School of Northern Lights. That puts it 97% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

Across the 2 schools in St. Paul School of Northern Lights (227 students total), St. Paul Northern Lights Secondary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, St. Paul Northern Lights Secondary records that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder reads as 13% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ramsey County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

In the area at large, census data for Ramsey County shows 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%. St. Paul Northern Lights Secondary is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

The closest other public school is St. Paul School of Northern Lights, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. St. Paul Northern Lights Secondary is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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