Cameron School District

The Cameron School District serves about 1,202 students across five schools spanning pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: Cameron Elementary (PK–4, 432 students), Cameron Middle (5–8, 319), Cameron High (9–12, 279), Cameron Academy of Virtual Education (PK–12 virtual alternative, 134), and North Star Academy (9–12, 38). The district carries a 2-star rating, 284th of 432 districts, or the 34th percentile statewide — but that single rating masks wide differences from school to school.

The PK–8 schools are the academic strength. Cameron Middle posts the strongest traditional results: 7th grade ELA at 78.95% proficient versus 55.33% statewide and math at 77.19% versus 55.67%. Cameron Elementary also beats the state in most subjects, including 3rd grade ELA (70.42% vs 52.08%) and 4th grade science (62.30% vs 53.46%), and has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 12.7. Chronic absenteeism is a district-wide bright spot: every school sits below the state's 17.3%, with the middle school lowest among traditional schools at 5.7%. Cameron High graduates 100% of its students with a 0.0% dropout rate.

The main concerns sit in high school readiness and the alternative settings. Cameron High's ACT results lag the state, especially science at 26.56% versus 43.20% and ELA at 34.38% versus 48.47%. Cameron Academy of Virtual Education has an 8.5% dropout rate and 68.9% graduation rate with very uneven test results, and North Star Academy combines the highest free/reduced lunch (57.89%), highest dropout (15.3%), lowest per-student spending ($4,242), and highest student-teacher ratio (27.1), with no test scores listed. Both the elementary and middle schools have also slipped in state rank percentile in recent years.