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Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud

Public, Charter Grades K-8

801^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 8% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud is a public charter elementary school serving 256 students in grades K-5 in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. The school is part of the Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud district, which is ranked 421 out of 446 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Athlos Academy consistently performs well below the state average on MCA-III assessments in both math and reading across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 11.51% of Athlos Academy students were proficient or better in math compared to the state average of 45.21%. Similarly, only 20.69% were proficient or better in reading compared to the state average of 49.59%. The school also struggles to serve its diverse student population effectively, ranking in the bottom 25-30% of Minnesota elementary schools for female, male, African American, and white student performance. Its performance for English Language Learners and students with special needs is particularly concerning, ranking in the bottom 10-15% of schools.

Athlos Academy's performance is significantly worse than nearby public schools like Madison Elementary, Westwood Elementary, and Oak Hill Community Elementary, which are also part of the St. Cloud Public School District and have proficiency rates 20-30 percentage points higher than Athlos Academy in both math and reading. Additionally, Athlos Academy's performance has remained stagnant or declined over the past several years, with its statewide ranking dropping from the 763rd out of 858 Minnesota elementary schools in 2021-2022 to the 801st out of 872 schools in 2024-2025.

260

Students ?

12.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,516

Per pupil spending ?

85.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3701 33rd Street South
Saint Cloud, MN 56301-9920

(320) 281-4430

District: Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud

Racial breakdown:

African American:

51.2%

White:

22.7%

Hispanic:

17.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 16th percentile in 2019 → 8th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (16% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2019

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school16%

District avg16%

Minnesota avg47%

801^st of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 8%▼ down 7 pts since 2019

From bottom 16% (2019) to bottom 8% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

421^st of 446Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud among Minnesota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	8.8	801 of 872	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.2	827 of 881	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.9	784 of 845	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.7	763 of 858	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.1	766 of 869	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.2	734 of 870	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	13.0	279 of 298	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.3	281 of 310	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.3	265 of 279	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	261 of 282	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	23.7	185 of 227	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.7	213 of 283	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.5	246 of 266	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	46.0	138 of 303	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	27.9	242 of 303	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.2	275 of 276	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.1	238 of 256	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	35.1	119 of 175	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.5	150 of 239	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.7	216 of 242	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	8.0	743 of 799	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.7	757 of 809	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.0	746 of 787	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.2	751 of 799	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.8	706 of 783	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.0	628 of 787	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.5	680 of 774	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	15.0	691 of 764	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.7	762 of 793	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.8	735 of 774	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.0	591 of 663	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.1	586 of 683	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.0	609 of 740	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.0	696 of 728	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	10.0	750 of 812	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.9	776 of 826	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.8	726 of 799	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.7	694 of 808	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.1	704 of 784	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.9	711 of 798	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	6.7	725 of 779	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	13.4	530 of 562	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.2	445 of 463	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	10.8	700 of 730	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.5	664 of 712	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	33.4	544 of 725	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.8	662 of 710	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.3	621 of 722	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.6	702 of 712	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	12.2	476 of 529	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.7	466 of 520	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.1	460 of 521	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.4	438 of 533	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	21.1	138 of 164	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.4	138 of 162	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.1	117 of 141	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.9	113 of 148	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.9	134 of 137	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2022	28.9	115 of 130	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.0	99 of 102	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	47.6	53 of 120	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	21.0	109 of 109	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	9.1	422 of 455	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.8	414 of 467	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.6	377 of 443	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.9	361 of 439	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	6.2	411 of 436	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	13.0	429 of 459	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	352 of 404	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.9	372 of 399	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.2	359 of 415	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	5.8	389 of 401	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	16.9	395 of 464	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.3	447 of 476	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.1	417 of 437	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.2	398 of 454	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.0	401 of 438	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2022	20.4	385 of 438	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.9	269 of 422	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.7	268 of 428	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	7.6	411 of 428	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2025)54th percentile+46 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile~ school

Male (2025)8th percentile~ school

Female (2025)7th percentile~ school

African American (2025)6th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)6th percentile~ school

White (2024)4th percentile~ school

Middle school

African American (2023)16th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2023)15th percentile+5 vs school

White (2022)12th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2022)12th percentile~ school

Female (2023)7th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)7th percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading21%-29 vs state

Math12%-34 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)							MCA-III Reading (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud	Public, Charter	K-8	3701 33rd Street South	Saint Cloud	56301	Stearns County	Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud	Yes	No	No	Yes	(320) 281-4430	260	20	12.9	85.4%	59 (22.7%)	133 (51.2%)	45 (17.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.5%)	8.8	801^st of 872 public elementary schools	8.1%		6.2	827^th of 881 public elementary schools	6.1%	26	19.4	17.2	9.8	0.0			11.5	12.5	25.8	16.7	41.7			20.7	$12,516
Stride Academy K-8 Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	3241 Oakham Ln	Saint Cloud	56301	Stearns County	STRIDE Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(320) 230-5340	569	56	10.2	83.7%	37 (6.5%)	493 (86.6%)	25 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	9 (1.6%)	16.4	740^th of 872 public elementary schools	15.1%		10.3	790^th of 881 public elementary schools	10.3%	50	34.3	15.1	26.7	10.0	3.2	9.9	16.5	18.3	11.1	53.3	33.8	20.3	24.3	26.2	$12,178
Oak Hill Community Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2600 County Road 136	Saint Cloud	56301	Stearns County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 370-6000	878	59	14.8	66.4%	266 (30.3%)	486 (55.4%)	46 (5.2%)	21 (2.4%)	4 (0.5%)	10 (1.1%)	45 (5.1%)	28.6	660^th of 872 public elementary schools	24.3%		29	660^th of 881 public elementary schools	25.1%		37.6	45.1	23.2				35.4	36.8	33.3	42.0				37.4	$13,981
Discovery Community Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	700 7th St S	Waite Park	56387	Stearns County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 370-6180	572	43	13.1	78.8%	134 (23.4%)	240 (42.0%)	145 (25.3%)	9 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (7.2%)	10.3	793^rd of 872 public elementary schools	9.1%		8.6	803^rd of 881 public elementary schools	8.9%	10	21.4	23.4	16.9				20.9	20.2	24.2	28.2				23.9	$14,592
Madison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2805 9th St N	Saint Cloud	56303	Stearns County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 370-6330	704	52	13.6	68.9%	216 (30.7%)	294 (41.8%)	81 (11.5%)	21 (3.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	90 (12.8%)	25.5	683^rd of 872 public elementary schools	21.7%		23.6	701^st of 881 public elementary schools	20.4%	18	37.0	29.3	31.9				33.0	34.4	30.6	43.5				35.7	$12,943
Westwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5800 Ridgewood Rd	Saint Cloud	56303	Stearns County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 370-7630	531	36	14.7	59.7%	221 (41.6%)	106 (20.0%)	117 (22.0%)	21 (4.0%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (11.7%)	39.6	575^th of 872 public elementary schools	34.1%		36	606^th of 881 public elementary schools	31.2%	31	41.4	55.7	31.8				43.4	40.0	42.0	42.2				41.4	$15,046
Success Academy St. Cloud Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	809 12th St N	Saint Cloud	56303	Stearns County	Success Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 876-3050	140	8	17.5	98.6%	0 (0.0%)	138 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	11.4	780^th of 872 public elementary schools	10.6%		12.6	775^th of 881 public elementary schools	12.0%	5	32.0	29.2	8.3				23.3	28.0	20.8	16.7				21.9
Talahi Community Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	1321 University Dr SE	Saint Cloud	56304	Sherburne County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 370-7780	701	60	11.7	84.0%	148 (21.1%)	382 (54.5%)	78 (11.1%)	12 (1.7%)	11 (1.6%)	5 (0.7%)	65 (9.3%)								(n/a)	18.4						18.4	16.2						16.2	$14,864
Lincoln Elementary	Public	4-5	336 5th Ave SE	Saint Cloud	56304	Benton County	St. Cloud Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 370-6660	328	29	11.5	81.1%	62 (18.9%)	180 (54.9%)	34 (10.4%)	8 (2.4%)	8 (2.4%)	3 (0.9%)	33 (10.1%)	4.4	842^nd of 872 public elementary schools	3.4%		8.6	802^nd of 881 public elementary schools	9.0%	40		13.0	3.2				7.7		14.5	21.5				18.3	$14,628
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	1025 18th St N	Saint Cloud	56303	Stearns County	Saint Cloud Math and Science Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(320) 774-2201	266	25	10.4	97.4%	4 (1.5%)	262 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21.2	706^th of 872 public elementary schools	19.0%		20.7	720^th of 881 public elementary schools	18.3%	14	39.0	31.1	28.3				32.6	34.2	22.2	34.8				30.3	$14,533

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In the 2024-25 school year, 260 students attended Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud.

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What is the racial makeup of Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud?

Students at Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud are 51% African American, 23% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races.

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Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud ranks in the bottom 8.1% of Minnesota elementary schools.

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