Summary:
Zip code 55109 is home to 16 schools — 5 elementary, 2 middle, 6 high, and 3 alternative programs — serving 5,563 students in a high-poverty area where most reporting schools have free/reduced lunch rates above 70%, and 13 of the 16 belong to the North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale district.
Enrollment is heavily concentrated: the six largest schools hold about 90.5% of students, and North Senior High, John Glenn Middle, and Justice Alan Page Elementary School alone account for about 63.4%. Academically, results are broadly below district and state. Median reported school proficiency is 21.75% in math, 29.5% in reading, and 13.85% in science, versus 29.5%, 35.3%, and 16.8% district-wide and 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5% statewide, and no school exceeded the state in any all-grade subject. Bright spots exist: Richardson Elementary leads reporting schools in reading at 38.0%, Weaver Elementary leads in math at 36.0% with 3rd-grade math at 52.4%, and North Metro Flex Middle School posts 37.0% reading, including 7th-grade reading of 44.4%, above the state's 43.5%, though its math (15.6%) and science (10.5%) lag.
Concerns cluster in science and in alternative settings. John Glenn Middle reports 6.5% science, far below district and state, while North Metro Flex Academy sits at the 8th percentile with 0 stars and 4.8% science. 622 Online High School has a 63.6% graduation rate and 12.1% dropout rate versus district 86.3% and 3.4%, whereas North Senior High outperforms on graduation (87.8%) despite low proficiency. Webster K-12 has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 88.46%. Several schools, including PrairieCare Maplewood, have suppressed test data that should be treated as unknown, not zero. Lionsgate Academy AIM belongs to the strongest-rated district here, Lionsgate Academy, at the 53rd percentile.
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