Sartell-St. Stephen School District

The Sartell-St. Stephen School District serves roughly 3,943 students across five schools in a clean PK–12 configuration, with one high school, one middle school, and three elementary-level schools. The district is rated 32nd of 458 districts in Minnesota — 93rd percentile, 5 stars — and outperforms the state in every subject, with the largest margin in math (+19.1 points) and smaller but solid gaps in reading (+11.2) and science (+7.7).

Sartell Middle is the district's academic engine, ranking 25th of 546 schools (95th percentile, 5 stars) with math proficiency of 70.3% and reading of 64.2%. Its same-grade math results are exceptional, reaching 76.0% in 8th grade versus the state's 42.3%. Sartell Senior High looks weaker on "All Grades" numbers, but those cover grades 9–12 only; at the same grade level it beats the state in math, reading, and science, and its science result is +11.7 points above state. It also posts a 95.7% graduation rate and a 0.9% dropout rate, both far better than the state. Riverview Intermediate School remains above state in all three subjects, but its rank percentile has slipped from 86% to 81% to 76% over three years, with its thinnest margin in science (+1.2 points).

Pine Meadow Primary School (grades 1–2) and Oak Ridge Early Learning Center (PK–K) have no current state test scores because testing begins after those grades; their rank histories date from 2016–2019. Oak Ridge has the district's lowest student/teacher ratio at 10.7. Overall, the district's strength is concentrated in the middle school, while the high school and Riverview are solid, above-state schools with more variable rank trends.