Charter agency · Ramsey County
St. Paul School of Northern Lights, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
St. Paul School of Northern Lights runs 2 public schools with 227 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 8.7 students per teacher is 6.5 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 227
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26
- Students per teacher
- 8.7
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 768 Hamline Ave S, Saint Paul, MN 55116
- Phone
- (651)285-4672
- County
- Ramsey County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 2700458
- State district ID
- MN-074275
- Total staff (FTE)
- 57
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district8.7
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 (206), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $2.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $326,000
- State revenue
- $2.4 million
- Local revenue
- $74,000
- Total spending
- $2.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,427
- Salaries
- $1.0 million40.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.7%
- State: 85.7%
- Local: 2.6%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,427
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in St. Paul School of Northern Lights
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| St. Paul Northern Lights SecondaryCharter | Middle | 7 to 8 | 15 | 15.0 |
| St. Paul School of Northern LightsCharter | Elementary | K to 6 | 212 | 14.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Ramsey County
- Saint Paul Public Schools 33,041 students
- Mounds View Public School District 11,934 students
- North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale School District 10,754 students
- White Bear Lake School District 8,571 students
- Roseville Public School District 7,256 students
- Hmong College Prep Academy 2,503 students
- Community School of Excellence 1,455 students
- Higher Ground Academy 1,163 students
- Nova Classical Academy 1,041 students
- New Century School 966 students
- Northeast Metro 916 856 students
- Community of Peace Academy 855 students
- STEP Academy 847 students
- Hope Community Academy 799 students
- Great River School 794 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.