Summary:
The city of Saint Joseph, Minnesota has one elementary school, Kennedy Community School, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 608 students. The school is part of the St. Cloud Public School District, which is ranked 354 out of 446 districts in Minnesota and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
In the 2024-2025 school year, Kennedy Community School's proficiency rates in MCA-III Math and Reading were generally higher than the district averages, but lower than the state averages. For example, the school's overall Math proficiency rate was 36.72%, compared to the district's 24.81% and the state's 45.21%. In Reading, the school's overall proficiency rate was 44.42%, compared to the district's 33.71% and the state's 49.59%. The school's performance varied across grade levels, with 3rd and 5th grades generally performing better than the district and state in both Math and Reading.
Kennedy Community School had a student-teacher ratio of 12.7 in the 2023-2024 school year, which is lower than the national average of around 16 students per teacher. However, 55.59% of the school's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high proportion of economically disadvantaged students. The school's performance has been relatively consistent over the past two school years, but it still lags behind the state-level benchmarks in both Math and Reading proficiency, suggesting room for improvement to better align with state-level performance.
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