Original Research by School Decision on Shared Time Nonpublic
Shared Time Nonpublic is a special education school in Saint Paul, part of the Saint Paul Public Schools district. Its name and designation point to a program that serves students through a shared-time arrangement; these students typically remain enrolled in their home school or district while receiving specialized instruction and related services at this site. The grade band runs from early childhood through grade twelve, covering the full span of a student's school career. The school's enrollment data, however, reported no students enrolled at this location in the available data. That pattern is consistent with a shared-time model where the students are not counted as attending this school on a full-time basis.
Saint Paul, the state capital and Minnesota's second-largest city, sits on the Mississippi River and forms the eastern half of the Twin Cities metro area. The city is a mix of government offices, dense residential neighborhoods, and cultural institutions such as the Science Museum of Minnesota and the Minnesota History Center. Its population is notably diverse, with a large Hmong community among other groups. The built environment includes steep river bluffs, a nationally ranked park system, and a historic downtown anchored by the state capitol complex. Major employers include state and county government, healthcare systems, and professional sports venues.
Shared Time Nonpublic operates within Saint Paul Public Schools, a district that has recently added new magnet options, including an E-STEM middle school and an East African Elementary Magnet, and renamed one of its middle schools. These changes reflect the district's broader efforts to offer families a range of choices, but they have no direct bearing on the special education programming at this site.
Because the school serves a specific population through a shared-time structure, standard academic performance data is not available. There are no state assessment results, no graduation rate, and no chronic absenteeism rate reported for this entity. The comparison to other districts in Ramsey County noted that these metrics do not apply, which is typical for a specialized setting of this kind. Testing and outcome measures that the state collects for traditional schools simply do not capture the work of a shared-time special education center.
A parent or guardian placing a student here would likely be working with an Individualized Education Program team that has determined the student needs specialized instruction or related services that the home school cannot provide on its own. The school itself is located in Saint Paul at an address on Colborne Street, in the city's central area. For families considering this placement, the relevant questions are not about test scores or graduation rates but about whether the school can deliver the specific services their child requires. That information is not carried in the public data available here; it would come from the district's special education department and the student's IEP team.
In summary, Shared Time Nonpublic is a specialized, shared-time special education school that operates outside the typical accountability framework. It serves students from early childhood through high school but reports no standard enrollment figures and has no conventional academic performance data. The school sits within Saint Paul, a capital city with a substantial government and cultural presence, and is part of the Saint Paul Public Schools district, which offers a variety of educational options for families. For any family considering this program, direct inquiry with the district's special education team would be essential to understand the services available and how they match a particular student's needs.
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