St. Paul Reporter

There were 40 Other Indigenous Peoples students enrolled in Ramsey County public schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.6% more than the previous year, according to the Minnesota Department of Education.

Data showed that Ramsey County welcomed 80,249 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Other Indigenous Peoples students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 182 schools in the county, Jennings Experiential High School recorded the highest enrollment of Other Indigenous Peoples students in the 2023-24 school year, with four.

According to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Minnesota's fourth graders scored 241 in math, just above the national average of 237. Their reading score of 216 was on par with the U.S. average, but shows a slight decline over recent years. Eighth graders scored 284 in math and 264 in reading, both above the national averages. 

However, despite these results, both grade levels remain below pre-pandemic levels in math and reading.

As of 2024, according to Public School Review, the student-to-teacher ratio in Minnesota's public schools stands at 1:16, slightly worse than the national average of 1:15. This is part of a larger framework within Minnesota's educational system, which is the 10th largest in the United States, accommodating over 869,000 students across 2,709 public schools.

School Name	No. of Other Indigenous Peoples Students	% of Other Indigenous Peoples Students	Total School Enrollment
Jennings Experiential High School	4	8.5%	47
Quantum STEAM Academy Middle School	2	3.2%	63
Rondo Campus	1	2.1%	47
East View Academy	2	2%	102
Sunrise Park Area Learning Center	1	1.4%	70
Avalon Middle School	1	1.4%	72
Face to Face Academy	1	1.3%	80
Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter	1	0.9%	113
Career Pathways	1	0.9%	111
LIFE Prep	1	0.7%	148
Level Up Academy	1	0.7%	141
St. Paul City High School	1	0.7%	150
Lakeaires Elementary School	2	0.5%	387
Cowern Elementary School	2	0.5%	397
Urban Academy	2	0.5%	441
Pinewood Elementary School	2	0.4%	521
Sunnyside Elementary School	2	0.4%	488
MMSA Secondary School	1	0.4%	244
Snail Lake Kindergarten Center	1	0.3%	304
HOPE Community Academy Elementary	1	0.2%	478
Chippewa Middle School	2	0.2%	1,081
Central Senior High School	1	0.1%	1,574
White Bear South Campus Senior	1	0.1%	1,196
Highview Middle School	1	0.1%	822
Valentine Hills Elementary School	1	0.1%	717
Island Lake Elementary School	1	0.1%	730
White Bear North Campus Senior	1	0.1%	1,322
Turtle Lake Elementary School	1	0.1%	957
Mounds View Senior High School	1	0.1%	1,901
Gentry Academy High	0	0%	131
Farnsworth Aerospace Upper	0	0%	441
Gentry Academy Middle	0	0%	192
Four Seasons Elementary School	0	0%	246
Farnsworth Aerospace Lower	0	0%	453
Frost Lake Elementary School	0	0%	540
Fairview Alternative High School	0	0%	76
Fairview School Readiness Plus	0	0%	35
Falcon Heights Elementary School	0	0%	461
Global Academy	0	0%	444
Global Arts Plus Lower	0	0%	393
Global Arts Plus Upper	0	0%	426
Hmong College Prep Academy High School	0	0%	811
Hmong College Prep Academy Elementary School	0	0%	1,015
Highwood Hills Elementary School	0	0%	255
Highland Park Senior High School	0	0%	1,456
Highland Park Middle School	0	0%	773
Highland Park Elementary School	0	0%	354
High School for Recording Arts	0	0%	214
Hidden River Middle School	0	0%	588
HGA Secondary School	0	0%	401
HGA Junior High	0	0%	178
HGA Elementary School	0	0%	527
Hazel Park Preparatory Academy	0	0%	400
Harding Senior High School	0	0%	1,597
Harambee Elementary School	0	0%	283
Hamline Elementary School	0	0%	294
Groveland Park Elementary School	0	0%	395
Great River School	0	0%	401
Great River Elementary School	0	0%	385
Gordon Parks High School	0	0%	181
Central Park Elementary School	0	0%	410
Central Middle School	0	0%	969
Carver Elementary School	0	0%	886
Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo	0	0%	1,065
Bruce F. Vento Elementary School	0	0%	478
Brimhall Elementary School	0	0%	573
Birch Lake Elementary School	0	0%	246
Benjamin E Mays IB World School	0	0%	353
Bel Air Elementary School	0	0%	723
Beaver Lake Voluntary Pre-K	0	0%	20
Battle Creek Middle School	0	0%	613
Battle Creek Elementary School	0	0%	440
Avalon School	0	0%	176
American Indian Magnet School	0	0%	517
ALC Gateway to College	0	0%	143
AFSA High School	0	0%	255
AFSA Elementary School	0	0%	143
Adams Magnet Elementary School	0	0%	579
Achieve Language Academy	0	0%	464
Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School	0	0%	511
622 Alternative Middle/High School	0	0%	1
EXPO for Excellence Elementary School	0	0%	417
Edgewood Middle School	0	0%	637
Edgerton Elementary School	0	0%	399
Eastern Heights Elementary School	0	0%	278
East African Magnet School	0	0%	145
Daytons Bluff Elementary School	0	0%	271
Crossroads Science Program	0	0%	204
Crossroads Montessori	0	0%	185
Creative Arts Secondary School	0	0%	356
Cornerstone Montessori Elementary School	0	0%	138
Como Park Senior High School	0	0%	1,074
Como Park Elementary School	0	0%	322
Community School of Excellence High School	0	0%	194
Community School of Excellence Elementary School	0	0%	728
Community School of Excellence - MS	0	0%	575
Community of Peace Academy Middle School	0	0%	291
Community of Peace Academy High School	0	0%	243
Community of Peace Academy Elementary School	0	0%	335
City Academy	0	0%	122
Cherokee Heights Elementary School	0	0%	205
St. Paul School of Northern Lights Secondary	0	0%	22
St. Paul School of Northern Lights	0	0%	185
St. Paul City Primary School	0	0%	299
St. Paul City Middle School	0	0%	141
St. Anthony Park Elementary School	0	0%	483
Sejong Academy Upper School	0	0%	111
Sejong Academy Lower School	0	0%	251
Saint Paul Music Academy	0	0%	472
Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists	0	0%	365
Roseville Area Senior High School	0	0%	2,316
Roseville Area Middle School	0	0%	840
Riverview Spanish/English Dual Immersion	0	0%	253
Rise Academy	0	0%	164
Richardson Elementary School	0	0%	658
Randolph Heights Elementary School	0	0%	440
Quantum STEAM Academy Elementary School	0	0%	125
Project Return	0	0%	1
Prodeo Academy St. Paul Primary	0	0%	108
Prodeo Academy St. Paul Middle	0	0%	90
Prodeo Academy St. Paul Elementary	0	0%	123
Willow Lane Elementary School	0	0%	267
Williams Elementary School	0	0%	458
White Bear Area Learning Center	0	0%	162
Weaver Elementary School	0	0%	445
Water Lily Montessori	0	0%	7
Washington Technology Senior High School	0	0%	1,033
Washington Technology Middle School	0	0%	732
Vadnais Heights Elementary School	0	0%	397
Upper Mississippi Middle Academy	0	0%	54
Upper Mississippi High Academy	0	0%	102
Txuj Ci HMong Language and Culture Upper	0	0%	118
Txuj Ci HMong Language and Culture Lower	0	0%	695
Twin Cities German Immersion Charter School	0	0%	587
Twin Cities Academy	0	0%	523
The Journey School Middle	0	0%	26
The Journey School	0	0%	113
The Heights Community School	0	0%	290
Sunrise Park Middle School	0	0%	750
STEP Academy Elementary	0	0%	229
STEP Academy Charter School	0	0%	374
Midway Star Academy	0	0%	421
Maxfield Elementary School	0	0%	336
Matoska International	0	0%	598
Little Canada Elementary School	0	0%	634
Lionsgate Academy - Shoreview	0	0%	183
Lincoln Elementary School	0	0%	475
Level Up Academy Middle School	0	0%	72
LEAP High School	0	0%	174
L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion	0	0%	279
Justice Alan Page Elementary School	0	0%	830
Johnson Senior High School	0	0%	1,097
John Glenn Middle School	0	0%	1,047
JJ Hill Montessori	0	0%	342
Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy	0	0%	417
Irondale Senior High School	0	0%	1,732
Humboldt High School	0	0%	988
Horace Mann School	0	0%	418
HOPE Community Academy Middle School	0	0%	205
HOPE Community Academy High School	0	0%	96
Hmong College Prep Academy Middle School	0	0%	682
Pike Lake Kindergarten Center	0	0%	564
Paul & Sheila Wellstone Elementary School	0	0%	497
Parkview Center School	0	0%	717
Otter Lake Elementary School	0	0%	457
Open World Learning Secondary School	0	0%	491
Oak Hill Montessori Community School	0	0%	165
Nova Classical Academy Upper School	0	0%	535
Nova Classical Academy Lower School	0	0%	483
North Senior High School	0	0%	1,639
North Metro Flex Middle School	0	0%	40
North Metro Flex Academy	0	0%	150
Nokomis Montessori South Campus	0	0%	259
Nokomis Montessori North Campus	0	0%	355
New Century School Secondary Program	0	0%	230
New Century School	0	0%	356
Murray Middle School	0	0%	548
Mounds View Alternative Learning Center	0	0%	100
Mounds View Adult Education	0	0%	9
MMSA Elementary School	0	0%	207
Mississippi Creative Arts Elementary School	0	0%	555
Chelsea Heights Elementary School	0	0%	323