High · Regular · Grades 6 to 12

STEP Academy Charter School, Saint Paul, MN

Charter schoolCEP schoolSTEP Academy Charter School is a public high school in Saint Paul, part of STEP Academy. It enrolled 366 students in 2024-25, with 22.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 366
Teachers (FTE): 16.0
Students per teacher: 22.9
Grades: 6 to 12

This school's ratio is 6.6 higher than the district figure of 16.3. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school22.9

District16.3

Minnesota15.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 835 5th St E, Saint Paul, MN 55106
Phone: (651)289-6120
District: STEP Academy
County: Ramsey County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 270036704507

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 326
Reduced-price lunch: 11
Free or reduced-price lunch: 33792.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 326Students 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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Washington Technology Senior High Saint Paul Public Schools
Como Park Senior High Saint Paul Public Schools
Humboldt High School Saint Paul Public Schools
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Nova Classical Academy Upper School Nova Classical Academy
Twin Cities Academy Twin Cities Academy
Open World Learning Secondary Saint Paul Public 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.