Summary:
St. Croix Preparatory Academy is a Minnesota school district with three schools in Stillwater serving students from kindergarten through 12th grade — an elementary, a middle, and a high school — with about 1,212 students enrolled in total. The district is one of the state's top performers, ranking 3rd of 458 Minnesota districts, at the 99th percentile, and every one of its schools holds a 5-star rating.
The St. Croix Preparatory Academy Lower school (K–4, 450 students) ranks 10th of 869 elementary schools at the 99th percentile. Its math results are remarkable: 90% proficiency across all grades versus 44.9% statewide, with 3rd-grade math at 94.4% (state 57.9%) and 4th-grade math at 85.6% (state 55.2%). Reading is also strong at 77.8% (state 48.6%). The St. Croix Prep Academy Middle school (5–8, 371 students) ranks 13th of 546 middle schools, in the top 2%, and is reading-strong at 75.5% (state 48.6%), with math at 68.6%. Its science is uneven — 38.9% overall, below the district's 48.5% but above the state's 25.5% — though 8th-grade science reaches 45.1% against 16.7% statewide. The St. Croix Preparatory Academy Upper school (9–12, 391 students) ranks 2nd of 473 high schools at the 100th percentile, with a 98.8% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, compared with 84.9% and 4.2% statewide.
Across the district, test scores comfortably exceed state averages in every subject: math 75.0% vs 44.9%, reading 75.4% vs 48.6%, and science 48.5% vs 25.5%. Free/reduced lunch rates are low (9.21%–11.59%), and student-teacher ratios range from 12.9 at the Upper school to 17.3 at the Lower school. Recent trends are mixed: the Upper school improved its rank from 5th to 2nd, the Lower stayed near the top, and the Middle slipped from 3rd to 13th while remaining highly ranked.
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