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High · Special education · Grades 11 to 12

The Next Step, North Saint Paul, MN

CEP schoolThe Next Step is a public high school in North Saint Paul, part of North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale School District. It enrolled 84 students in 2024-25, with 10.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
84
Teachers (FTE)
8.0
Students per teacher
10.5
Grades
11 to 12

This school's ratio is 6.5 lower than 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 school10.5
District17.0
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
2586 7th Ave E, North Saint Paul, MN 55109
County
Ramsey County
Level
High
Type
Special education
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
272385003375
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
52
Reduced-price lunch
3
Free or reduced-price lunch
5565.5% of enrollment.
Direct certification
44Students 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 high schools in North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale School District

High 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.