Summary:
Zip code 55011 has four schools serving 1,378 students: three elementary schools (K–5 and K–8) and one very small high school, which means 99% of the area's students are in elementary grades. Cedar Creek Elementary School (680 students) and East Bethel Elementary School (460) are the two large K–5 schools, both in St. Francis Area Schools. Star of the North - East Bethel (224, K–8) is part of Star of the North Academy Charter S, and Crossroads East (14 students, grades 5–12) is the only high school.
East Bethel Elementary School is the strongest performer in the zip, leading in Math (54.7%), Reading (57.1%), and Science (30.1%) and beating both its district and the state in all three subjects. It ranks 295 of 869 Minnesota schools (66th percentile, 3 stars) and has climbed from the mid-50s in percentile over three years, with 5th grade Reading at 71.2%. Cedar Creek Elementary School is the largest school and has the lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (28.82%), yet it trails East Bethel in every subject and has slipped from the 60th to the 48th percentile. Its Math (48.3%) is slightly above the state, while Reading (48.3%) and Science (22.3%) are just below it.
Star of the North - East Bethel ranks 693 of 869 (20th percentile, 1 star) and scores well below the state in Math (22.5%), Reading (39.2%), and Science (11.1%), though its 8th grade Reading and Science results are bright spots. Its free/reduced-lunch rate of 98.21% reflects a much higher-poverty population. Crossroads East, with only 14 students and a student-teacher ratio of 2.6, has many suppressed scores — its Science result is unknown rather than zero — so it cannot be fairly compared to the larger schools.
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