Summary:
Zip code 55972 is home to one elementary school — St. Charles Elementary, serving prekindergarten through 6th grade with 457 students in the town of Saint Charles, part of the St. Charles Public School District. Because it is the district's only elementary building, its grade-level results and the district's elementary results are the same, so the most useful comparisons are against Minnesota statewide averages.
Overall, this is a solidly above-average school. It ranks in the 65th percentile of Minnesota elementary schools (307th of 869) and has held a stable 3-star rating for three years, with percentile ranks moving from 69th to 61st and back to 65th. At the all-grades level it beats the state in math (51.1% vs. 44.9%) and reading (57.8% vs. 48.6%), but trails in science (21.2% vs. 25.5%). Its strengths are concentrated in the early grades and in reading: 3rd-grade math (72.6%, 14.7 points above the state) is the highest figure reported, 4th-grade reading (61.5%) and 6th-grade reading (65.7%) are both far above state averages, and reading is the school's most consistent subject. Two years of test data show reading holding steady while math slipped about 5.8 points and science fell about 6.3 points, narrowing the school's edge over the state.
The clearest area to watch is 5th grade, which underperforms in every subject — math 30.6% (11.3 points below the state), science 21.2% (4.7 points below), and reading 54.1% (roughly level with the state). Since science is tested only in 5th grade, that single cohort drives the school's entire science result. About 29% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7 to 1.
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