Summary:
ZIP code 56374 contains exactly one school — Kennedy Community School, a PK–8 building in Saint Joseph, Minnesota with 582 students, part of the St. Cloud Public School District. Because it is the only school in the area, the most useful comparisons are against its district and the state.
Kennedy's clearest strength is that it outperforms its own district. The school holds a 2-star rating and ranks 539th of 869 schools, at the 38th percentile, while the district sits at the 21st percentile with 1 star. Kennedy beats the district in all three all-grade subjects in both 2025–26 and 2024–25, and wins 15 of 16 grade-level tests in 2025–26. Reading is the strongest subject: all-grade Reading is 45.4%, just 3.2 points below the state and 14.4 points above the district. Eighth-grade Reading stands out at 58.1%, 8.1 points above the state, and 8th-grade Math is also above state at 45.9%. Third- and fourth-grade Math are well above district averages at 52.1% and 50.8%.
Measured against state averages, though, Kennedy trails in all three all-grade subjects. Fifth-grade Math is the sharpest weakness at 11.3%, 6.0 points below the district and 30.6 points below the state. Science is the weakest all-grade subject at 17.1%, down from 26.23% the prior year and now 8.4 points below state. Seventh-grade Reading (31.3%) and Math (28.4%) also trail the state by double digits. For context, 49.66% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch and the student/teacher ratio is 12.6, though no district or state comparisons were provided for either measure.
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