Regular local school district · Dakota County
South St. Paul Public School Dist, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
South St. Paul Public School Dist runs 7 public schools with 2,861 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is 2.0 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 2,861
- Teachers (FTE)
- 217
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 104 5th Ave S, South Saint Paul, MN 55075
- Phone
- (651)457-9400
- County
- Dakota County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2733270
- State district ID
- MN-030006
- Total staff (FTE)
- 504
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 477 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,182), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $50.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.6 million
- State revenue
- $34.8 million
- Local revenue
- $12.3 million
- Total spending
- $51.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,143
- Salaries
- $26.6 million51.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $34.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.0%
- State: 68.7%
- Local: 24.2%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,143
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in South St. Paul Public School Dist
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Early Childhood Special Ed Program | Prekindergarten | PK | 68 | |
| Kaposia Education Center Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 620 | 12.2 |
| Lincoln Center Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 670 | 13.1 |
| S St. Paul Community Lrng. Cntr.CEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 99 | 14.1 |
| South St. Paul High School | High | 9 to 12 | 866 | 17.0 |
| South St. Paul Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 535 | 11.4 |
| SSP Virtual | High | 10 to 12 | 3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Dakota County
- Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District 29,224 students
- Lakeville Area Schools 12,025 students
- Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools 7,663 students
- Farmington Public School District 6,458 students
- West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan School District 5,452 students
- Hastings Public School District 4,041 students
- Inver Grove Heights Schools 3,427 students
- Randolph Public School District 875 students
- Intermediate School District 917 555 students
- Great Oaks Academy Charter School 531 students
- FIT Academy 458 students
- Prairie Creek Community School 180 students
- Discovery Charter School 166 students
- Gateway STEM Academy 121 students
- Academic Arts High School 78 students
More in Minnesota
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.