Great River Elementary School
Charter · Grades 1–6 · 383 students
Minnesota Connections Academy K-6
1350 Energy Lane, Saint Paul, MN 55108
Grades
K–6
Elementary
Students
1,017
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
30.2 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch
Ramsey County
Schola Grade D · Below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 884 Minnesota elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Minnesota elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Minnesota Connections Academy K-6
Minnesota Connections Academy K-6 is a charter elementary school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving grades K–6. It is part of Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch. The school is located in a large city in Ramsey County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 1,017 students were enrolled, with about 30.2 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Minnesota elementary school (12.9 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Pillsbury United Communities. The school is fully virtual. Its Schola Grade is D (below average), compared with 884 Minnesota elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–6
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–6
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 1,017 students
- Students per teacher
- 30.2 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Pillsbury United Communities
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Fully virtual
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch
- County
- Ramsey County
- NCES school ID
- 270011705530
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.