Summary:
St. Paul City School is a small Minnesota district serving about 615 students across three schools in Saint Paul: St. Paul City Primary School (PK–5, 313 students), St. Paul City Middle School (6–8, 150 students), and St. Paul City High School (9–12, 152 students). All three share the same campus at 215 University Ave W. The district ranks 442 of 458 statewide, in the 3rd percentile, with 0 stars. Economic need is very high and nearly uniform: free/reduced lunch rates are 89.46% at the primary school, 88.82% at the high school, and 88.0% at the middle school, so poverty is a shared context rather than a difference between the schools.
Outcomes differ sharply by school and subject. The high school is the clearest bright spot: it ranks in the 14th percentile in 2025-2026, up from the 2nd percentile a year earlier, the only 1-star year in the district, and it leads in reading (22.7%) and science (22.7%, close to the state's 25.5%). But its math proficiency is 0%, its graduation rate is 61.2% versus 84.9% statewide, and its dropout rate is 12.9% versus 4.2% statewide — roughly three times the state figure. The middle school stands out for the district's highest student-teacher ratio, 20:1, and the lowest science proficiency, 2.2%. The primary school is the largest and highest-poverty school, ranks in the 1st percentile, and declined in math, reading, and science year over year.
Math is the district's weakest subject everywhere: 4.9% at the primary school, 5.7% at the middle school, and 0% at the high school, against 44.9% statewide. Science is highly uneven — 2.6% and 2.2% at the primary and middle schools versus 22.7% at the high school. With roughly 150 students at each of the middle and high schools, year-to-year swings should be read with cohort size in mind.
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