Ramsey County · Minnesota
St. Paul, MN public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Saint Paul Public Schools — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Saint Paul Public Schools is the primary public district for St. Paul, MN. It enrolls 32,316 students in 99 schools with 2,240 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $22,154 per pupil, 28% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 32,316NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 99Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 14.4Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $22,154Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in St. Paul
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 27.1%
- $209,842,000
- State revenue
- 57%
- $441,234,000
- Federal revenue
- 15.9%
- $123,334,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the St. Paul property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 51 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Saint Paul Public Schools (LEAID 2733840) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
Keep going
Other St. Paul data on this site.
NCES LEAID 2733840. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.