St. Clair Public School District

St. Clair Public School District in Minnesota serves roughly 820 students in just two schools — St. Clair Elementary (PK–6, 411 students) and St. Clair Secondary (7–12, 409 students). Enrollment is split almost exactly in half, and because there is no middle school, students move directly from the elementary into a combined 7–12 building. The district ranks 151st of 458 Minnesota districts — the 67th percentile with 3 stars — while both individual schools show 4 stars and 72nd percentile in 2025–2026.

The two schools tell very different stories. St. Clair Elementary is the academic standout: math proficiency is 58.1% (vs. 46.0% district and 44.9% state) and reading is 62.9% (vs. 56.5% district and 48.6% state), with especially strong early grades — 3rd grade math at 80.4% and reading at 74.0%. Its weak spot is science at 19.3%, below the state's 25.5%. St. Clair Secondary is the opposite profile: its graduation rate of 98.2% and dropout rate of 0.0% far exceed the state's 84.9% and 4.2%, but math (30.7%) and science (17.1%) lag the state, while reading (48.7%) is essentially tied with the state average of 48.6%.

Science is the district's biggest concern, falling 12.5 percentage points at the elementary, 7.5 at the secondary, and 9.2 districtwide — far steeper than the state's 0.7-point dip. Rank trends also move in opposite directions: the elementary has slipped from the 88th to the 72nd percentile, while the secondary climbed from 38th percentile with 2 stars to 72nd percentile with 4 stars. Grade-level results show 8th grade as the clear weak point (math 16.9% vs. 42.3% state), even as 7th grade and 10th grade reading exceed state averages. The secondary also has a higher free/reduced lunch rate (25.18% vs. 20.44%) and student-teacher ratio (21.1 vs. 17.1).