Summary:
The St. Croix Preparatory Academy district in Stillwater, Minnesota includes a single middle school: St. Croix Prep Academy Middle, which serves grades 5–8 and enrolls 371 students. It is part of the St. Croix Preparatory Academy district, one of the highest-rated districts in the state — ranked #3 of 458 in Minnesota, in the 99th percentile, with 5 stars. Because it is the only middle school in the district, it is the only middle-school option for families in this area.
On state assessments, the school performs far above Minnesota averages. In 2025–2026, all-grades proficiency was 68.6% in math (+23.7 points above the state), 75.5% in reading (+26.9 points), and 38.9% in science (+13.4 points). Every reported grade-level subject score also exceeded the state. Reading was the strongest area, with grade-level results from 72.5% to 80.9%, and 5th grade reading the highest single grade-level result. Rankings have slipped slightly but remain elite: #13 of 546 Minnesota middle schools in 2025–2026 (98th percentile), after #3 of 519 in 2024–2025 and #5 of 545 in 2023–2024 (both 99th percentile). The school has earned 5 stars in each of the last three reported years.
Science is the relative weak spot and the most uneven subject. Grade-level science ranged from 33.0% in 5th grade (only +7.1 points above the state) to 45.1% in 8th grade (+28.4 points). Scores declined across all three subjects compared with the prior year: math from 73.18% to 68.6%, reading from 81.18% to 75.5%, and science from 52.54% to 38.9%. Additional context includes an 11.59% free/reduced lunch rate and a 16.4 student-teacher ratio for 2024–2025, though the dataset offers no state or district benchmarks for those two figures.
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