Summary:
The St. Cloud Public School District includes 20 schools — 8 elementary, 2 middle, 6 high and 4 alternative programs — serving 9,556 students in and around St. Cloud. The district as a whole is rated rank 363 of 458, in the 21st percentile with 1 star, and it trails the state on every core metric: math 24.9% versus 44.9%, reading 31.0% versus 48.6%, science 14.8% versus 25.5%, graduation 67.3% versus 84.9%, and dropout 8.5% versus 4.2%. Enrollment is concentrated at Technical Senior High (1,561 students) and Apollo Senior High (1,264), while several alternative programs enroll fewer than 20 students each.
Clearview Elementary is the brightest spot: the only 3-star school in the group (rank 423 of 869, 51st percentile), with math 47.4% and science 36.8% — above state averages — plus reading 44.9% and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate among regular elementaries at 33.92%. Kennedy Community School posted the district's highest all-grade reading score at 45.4%, with math 37.5%. Westwood Elementary beats district averages in all three subjects. Among high schools, Technical Senior High stands out for a 83.4% graduation rate and 4.6% dropout rate, close to the state.
At the other end, Lincoln Elementary has the lowest regular-school proficiency (math 12.1%, reading 18.0%, science 3.6%), followed by Discovery Community Elementary. Talahi Community Elementary has the highest regular-school poverty rate at 84.02% with low scores. St. Cloud Area Learning Center reports math 3.0%, reading 0.0%, a 39.3% graduation rate and 16.8% dropout rate. Science is weak in the middle grades, and no school reached the state reading average. Several small programs have suppressed test data, which should be treated as unknown rather than as poor performance.
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