Summary:
The Cambridge-Isanti Public School District serves about 4,856 students across 14 schools — 6 elementary, 2 middle, 5 high, and 1 alternative setting — in the Cambridge and Isanti area north of the Twin Cities. Overall, the district ranks 228 of 458 schools, at the 50th percentile with 3 stars, and enrollment is concentrated: Cambridge-Isanti High School alone enrolls 1,582 students, about 32.6% of the total, and the five largest schools account for roughly 75.6% of students.
Cambridge Middle School is the district's academic anchor, with 4 stars, an 82nd percentile rank, and all-grades math of 49.3% and reading of 53.6% — both above district and state. Its science, at 20.4%, trails the district and state, though its 8th-grade science is above the district and state 8th-grade figures. Cambridge Intermediate School posts the strongest all-grades math among tested schools at 55.4%, with science at 27.6% above district and state. Isanti Intermediate School is the clearest comprehensive-school concern: 1 star, a 23rd percentile rank, and proficiency below district and state in math (38.5%), reading (31.4%), and science (13.7%). Isanti Middle School also reports weak science at 10.8%.
Cambridge-Isanti High School is mixed — a graduation rate of 85.1% and science of 30.7% above state, but math of 24% and reading of 33.1% well below district and state, and a drop to 2 stars. Alternative settings differ sharply: Riverside Academy reports 0% math, a 32.2% graduation rate, and a 25.8% dropout rate, while Riverside Academy IS reports an 83.3% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout with largely suppressed test data. Across the district, reading is the widest gap versus the state, at 42.1% versus 48.6%, and many small schools have suppressed data that should not be read as poor performance.
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