District profile / Minnesota

Saint Paul Public Schools

Saint Paul, Minnesota · Public school district · #2 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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33,041

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$17,834

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 38% above the Minnesota median

14.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Saint Paul Public Schools is a public school district based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving 33,041 students in 88 schools. By enrollment it ranks #2 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 99% of them. Its schools average 375 students each, about the same as the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $17,834 per student on day-to-day operations, 38% more than the Minnesota median. It has roughly 14.8 students per teacher.

How Saint Paul compares

Saint PaulMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$17,834

Minnesota median $12,893 · 38% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$11,324

Minnesota median $8,231 · 38% above · FY2020-21

Students per school375

Minnesota median 381 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.8

Minnesota median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor234

Minnesota median 558 · 58% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$774.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 57%Local 27%

Measure	Saint Paul	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$17,834	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$11,324	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$773.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$774.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,235	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	5,651	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.8	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	234	558	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Minnesota median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Minnesota

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Anoka-Hennepin School DistrictAnoka	38,354	53	$13,430	15.1	#1
Saint Paul Public SchoolsSaint Paul · this district	33,041	88	$17,834	14.8	#2
Minneapolis Public SchoolsMinneapolis	29,928	96	$18,090	11.9	#3
Rosemount-Apple Valley-EaganRosemount	29,224	40	$13,182	15.5	#4
Osseo Public School DistrictMaple Grove	21,138	34	$14,717	15.5	#5

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Cleveland MunicipalCleveland, OH	33,143	$19,274	16.7
Fremont UnifiedFremont, CA	33,134	$11,623	24.0
Corpus Christi ISDCorpus Christi, TX	33,103	$10,461	16.0
Fontana UnifiedFontana, CA	32,794	$16,217	21.7

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-mn-saint-paul-public-schools