High Schools in Saint Paul Public Schools

The district, Saint Paul Public Schools, covers 17 high schools serving Minnesota's capital city, ranging from large comprehensive campuses to very small alternative programs; several serve grades 6–12. Total enrollment is 10,941, with a median school size of 382 students. Six schools — Central Senior High, Harding Senior High, Highland Park Senior High, Johnson Senior High, Washington Technology Senior High, and Como Park Senior High — enroll more than 1,000 students each and account for about 71.6% of all students. The smallest are A. G. A. P. E. Teen Parent (26 students), Journeys Secondary School (73), and Guadalupe Alternative Programs (83).

Results vary widely from school to school. Open World Learning Secondary ranks 14th of 473 (97th percentile, 5 stars), with a 92.8% graduation rate, a 1.4% dropout rate, and Math 53.4%, Reading 69.6%, and Science 40.2%. Central Senior High ranks 60th of 473 (87th percentile, 4 stars), up from 160th the prior year, with graduation at 89.9%. Highland Park Senior High ranks 112th of 473 (76th percentile, 4 stars) and posts the highest reported graduation rate in this group at 93.0%. Only Central and Open World are above the state in all three tested subjects. The three schools with the lowest free/reduced lunch rates — Open World (29.96%), Central (39.83%), and Highland Park (41.02%) — are also the three highest-ranked schools.

Elsewhere, Creative Arts Secondary School improved its rank to 210th of 473 (56th percentile, 3 stars). Washington Technology Senior High is a Science standout at 37.6%, above both the district and the state. At the other end, LEAP High School reports a 10.2% graduation rate and a 52.2% dropout rate, the most extreme outcomes here. Several alternative schools — Gordon Parks High School, Focus Beyond, Alternative Learning Center Gateway to College, Guadalupe Alternative Programs, Journeys Secondary School, and A. G. A. P. E. Teen Parent — have test scores suppressed by the state; those values are unknown, not zero. Science is the weakest subject overall (district 19.0% vs. state 25.5%), and graduation and test proficiency do not always move together: Humboldt High School graduates 82.3% of students even though its proficiency scores are low.