Tartan Senior High

Set in OAKDALE, Minnesota, Tartan Senior High is a well-populated high school, overseen by North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale. It hosts 1,687 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 355% larger than typical.

North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 10,754 students; Tartan Senior High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Tartan Senior High logs that the largest single group is White at 26%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 17% Black, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Tartan Senior High has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Tartan Senior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.2%, the actual is 28.4%, a residual of -4.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household income runs about $115,345, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students), Tartan Senior High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Skyview Community Middle, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tartan Senior High at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 33.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Tartan Senior High's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,656 (now 1,687). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 47% to 26%. Class-load math has loosened: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 in 2025.

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