South Saint Paul Secondary is a public high school in South St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. Located high on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, it is a public school of just over 1,400 students, grades 7–12.Approximately 54% of students go on to a four-year college or university, and about 20% to junior college or technical school. The high school graduated its first class in 1908. The IB World School, with its state-of-the-art technology, is a source of pride for citizens of this hard-working community located just across the river from downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.South St. Paul High School is an authorized International Baccalaureate World School aiming for high student achievement and a safe, caring, learning environment. The school features the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program for grades 7–10 and the IB Diploma Program for students in grades 11 and 12.Recognized for providing students with a wide variety of course opportunities that include core academic areas in addition to arts, technology, world language, fine arts, health, and physical education. The goal is to help develop students into well-balanced, grounded, inquisitive and effective thinking scholars.The school's team name, the Kaposia Packers, reflects the history of the community; Kaposia for the Kaposia Indians who were founded in South St. Paul and Packers, for the former center of the meat-packing industry, in honor of what was once the world's largest stockyards located on the banks of the Mississippi River. Celebrating its 100th graduating class in 2007, South Saint Paul High School is the only high school in Special School District 6.
