Twin Cities Academy

Twin Cities Academy is a 9-12 campus of mid-tier scale in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, operated by Twin Cities Academy, caters to 547 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Twin Cities Academy sits 47% bigger than that benchmark.

Twin Cities Academy sits inside Twin Cities Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Twin Cities Academy logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 29% Black, 18% Asian, 15% White, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at Twin Cities Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Twin Cities Academy falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 31.6%; this one comes in at 18.7%, -12.9 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Ramsey County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Twin Cities Academy is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

The closest other public school is Harding Senior High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Twin Cities Academy at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.8%.

Twin Cities Academy operates from a metropolitan location. Twin Cities Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 624 students in 2018 compared to 547 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 38% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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