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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Cowern Elementary, North Saint Paul, MN

CEP schoolCowern Elementary is a public elementary school in North Saint Paul, part of North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale School District. It enrolled 413 students in 2024-25, with 17.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
413
Teachers (FTE)
24.0
Students per teacher
17.2
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.0. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.2
District17.0
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
2131 N Margaret St, North Saint Paul, MN 55109
County
Ramsey County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
272385001168
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
241
Reduced-price lunch
56
Free or reduced-price lunch
29771.9% of enrollment.
Direct certification
183Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in North Saint Paul

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.