Summary:
Five high schools make up St. Francis Area Schools in Minnesota, together enrolling 1,405 students in grades 5 through 12, with the district ranked 154 of 458 in the state (66th percentile, 3 stars). St. Francis High dominates the group: its 1,139 students account for roughly 81% of that enrollment, and it is the only comprehensive high school in the list. The other four are far smaller and serve specialized populations, ranging from 144 students at Saints Academy down to just 14 at Crossroads East.
On outcomes, St. Francis High leads clearly. Its graduation rate is 95.7% versus the district's 89.0% and the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate of 1.1% is well below both. Science is its standout subject, at 42% proficiency in 2025–2026 compared with district 25.8% and state 25.5%, while math at 43.5% is close to both. Reading is the weak spot: 32.4% in 2025–2026, down sharply from 50.78% the year before and below the district's 49.3% and the state's 48.6%. Saints Academy tells the opposite story, with a 58.3% graduation rate, a 12.5% dropout rate, and math proficiency of 7.7% in 2025–2026 after 0% in 2024–2025. Saints Online High School sits in between, with an 82.5% graduation rate and a 5.0% dropout rate, but its 2025–2026 test results are suppressed, so its academics cannot be compared.
The two smallest settings look quite different. Transition 15 serves grade 12 only with 21 students, a 52.38% free/reduced lunch rate, a 6.4 student/teacher ratio, and no test, graduation, or dropout data reported here. Crossroads East has 14 students in grades 5–12, the group's highest free/reduced lunch rate at 78.57% and lowest student/teacher ratio at 2.6, plus math proficiency of 0% and reading of 11.8% in 2025–2026; many of its values are suppressed. At schools this small, percentages swing easily, so those figures should be read with caution.
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