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Apollo Senior High

Public Grades 9-12
367th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 450 Minnesota High Schools
Better than 18% of Minnesota high schools
Summary

Apollo Senior High is a public high school located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,230 students. It is part of the St. Cloud Public School District, which is ranked 354 out of 446 districts in Minnesota and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Apollo Senior High has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Minnesota high schools, ranging from 246 to 386 out of 428 to 480 schools over the past 8 years, and has maintained a 1-2 star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance compared to other Minnesota high schools. The school performs particularly poorly for certain student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students, ranking in the bottom 20-25% of Minnesota high schools for these groups. In contrast, the school performs better for Asian and White student groups, ranking in the middle 50% of schools. Apollo Senior High also consistently lags behind the state and district averages in proficiency rates on the MCA-III assessments for Math, Reading, and Science, and has had a 4-year graduation rate around 74-84% in recent years, which is below the state average.

Interestingly, the other high schools in the St. Cloud Public School District, Technical Senior High and St. Cloud Area Learning Center, also perform below average compared to the state, with similar low rankings and test scores. However, the nearby Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High, which is in a different district, performs significantly better, ranking in the top half of Minnesota high schools and exceeding state and district averages on academic measures.

1,264
Students ?
16.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,195
Per pupil spending ?
61.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1000 44th Ave N
       Saint Cloud, MN  56303-2036

(320) 370-6790

District: St. Cloud Public School District


Feeder schools for Apollo Senior High:

Elementary:    Madison Elementary
    Westwood Elementary
Middle:    North Junior High
Alternative:    Kennedy Community School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
39.1%
White:
32.1%
Hispanic:
15.4%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 31st percentile in 2015 → 18th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Minnesota average (24% vs 47% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)
!Graduation rate below the Minnesota average (74% vs 84%)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school24%
District avg29%
Minnesota avg47%
367th of 450
Minnesota public high schools ?
Bottom 18%▼ down 13 pts since 2015
From bottom 31% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 3High Schools in the St. Cloud Public School District
354th of 446St. Cloud Public School District 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202522.6367 of 45018.4%★☆☆☆☆
202421.7386 of 48019.6%★☆☆☆☆
202340.4311 of 47634.7%★★☆☆☆
202244.0294 of 47237.7%★★☆☆☆
202147.9246 of 42842.5%★★☆☆☆
201937.1342 of 49230.5%★★☆☆☆
201834.5361 of 49426.9%★☆☆☆☆
201739.1342 of 48930.1%★★☆☆☆
201648.4302 of 48938.2%★★☆☆☆
201537.6348 of 50431.0%★★☆☆☆
201450.5288 of 48340.4%★★☆☆☆
201346.1337 of 53436.9%★★☆☆☆
201241.7361 of 53933.0%★★☆☆☆
201142.2358 of 54534.3%★★☆☆☆
201051.9320 of 54040.7%★★☆☆☆
200855.2273 of 46040.7%★★☆☆☆
200756.0251 of 46345.8%★★☆☆☆
200663.6206 of 45054.2%★★★☆☆
200559.5276 of 45238.9%★★☆☆☆
200462.8244 of 43343.6%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202516.987 of 958.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.695 of 10912.8%★☆☆☆☆
202328.872 of 9826.5%★☆☆☆☆
202227.177 of 10224.5%★☆☆☆☆
202136.544 of 6835.3%★★☆☆☆
201920.485 of 10317.5%★☆☆☆☆
201822.482 of 10622.6%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202542.334 of 7051.4%★★★☆☆
202427.853 of 7832.1%★★☆☆☆
202351.829 of 7159.2%★★★☆☆
202275.518 of 6873.5%★★★★☆
201964.326 of 7866.7%★★★☆☆
201850.937 of 7651.3%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202532.473 of 9422.3%★☆☆☆☆
202422.794 of 1027.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202324.184 of 906.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202241.349 of 8743.7%★★☆☆☆
202142.222 of 4753.2%★★★☆☆
201936.151 of 8540.0%★★☆☆☆
201840.441 of 7847.4%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202510.2333 of 3587.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.7365 of 4039.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202329.1312 of 39621.2%★☆☆☆☆
202232.4287 of 38826.0%★☆☆☆☆
202148.9191 of 33943.7%★★☆☆☆
201930.5310 of 40122.7%★☆☆☆☆
201821.4336 of 39514.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
20259.4120 of 1243.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.9137 of 1455.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202336.490 of 13633.8%★★☆☆☆
202237.684 of 13537.8%★★☆☆☆
202144.949 of 10151.5%★★★☆☆
201953.052 of 13260.6%★★★☆☆
201838.782 of 12936.4%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202549.45 of 944.4%★★★☆☆
202364.13 of 1275.0%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202522.8281 of 33315.6%★☆☆☆☆
202418.9344 of 38911.6%★☆☆☆☆
202330.7291 of 39326.0%★☆☆☆☆
202232.1223 of 31228.5%★☆☆☆☆
202138.5185 of 27031.5%★★☆☆☆
201922.5302 of 37018.4%★☆☆☆☆
201822.2304 of 37418.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202524.8310 of 37717.8%★☆☆☆☆
202421.7337 of 40516.8%★☆☆☆☆
202341.3257 of 39835.4%★★☆☆☆
202242.4254 of 40337.0%★★☆☆☆
202135.9253 of 35127.9%★☆☆☆☆
201928.5328 of 41120.2%★☆☆☆☆
201832.3312 of 39821.6%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202535.542 of 6232.3%★★☆☆☆
20248.270 of 722.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202325.154 of 6415.6%★☆☆☆☆
202229.453 of 7428.4%★★☆☆☆
202112.145 of 5111.8%★☆☆☆☆
201917.660 of 669.1%★☆☆☆☆
201842.435 of 5940.7%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202541.6111 of 17837.6%★★☆☆☆
202442.5131 of 22140.7%★★☆☆☆
202341.2136 of 21637.0%★★☆☆☆
202247.6113 of 21447.2%★★☆☆☆
202148.886 of 17350.3%★★★☆☆
201930.9162 of 22026.4%★☆☆☆☆
201837.8128 of 19534.4%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202548.5199 of 37647.1%★★☆☆☆
202441.7257 of 40236.1%★★☆☆☆
202365.4128 of 39867.8%★★★☆☆
202269.8100 of 40175.1%★★★★☆
202174.167 of 36481.6%★★★★☆
201961.9166 of 41259.7%★★★☆☆
201857.1199 of 41451.9%★★★☆☆
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)
Asian (2025)51st percentile+33 vs school
White (2025)47th percentile+29 vs school
Homeless (2025)44th percentile+26 vs school
Special Education (2025)38th percentile+19 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)32nd percentile+14 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)22nd percentile+4 vs school
Male (2025)18th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)16th percentile-3 vs school
African American (2025)8th percentile-10 vs school
Female (2025)7th percentile-11 vs school
Hispanic (2025)3rd percentile-15 vs school
By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?
Reading29%-20 vs state
Math17%-28 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 1,264 students attended Apollo Senior High.

Students at Apollo Senior High are 39% African American, 32% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 6% Asian.

Apollo Senior High ranks in the bottom 18.4% of Minnesota high schools.

Apollo Senior High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Madison Elementary
Elementary : Westwood Elementary
Middle : North Junior High
Alternative : Kennedy Community School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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