Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

MMSA Elementary School, Saint Paul, MN

Charter schoolCEP schoolMMSA Elementary School is a public elementary school in Saint Paul, part of Minnesota Math and Science Academy. It enrolled 243 students in 2024-25, with 18.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 243
Teachers (FTE): 13.0
Students per teacher: 18.7
Grades: K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.0 lower than the district figure of 19.7. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.7

District19.7

Minnesota15.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 169 Jenks Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55117
Phone: (651)246-0845
District: Minnesota Math and Science Academy
County: Ramsey County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 270039904788

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 237
Reduced-price lunch: 5
Free or reduced-price lunch: 24299.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 206Students 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.

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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.