Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud

Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud is a tight-knit elementary-level community in SAINT CLOUD, Minnesota, overseen by Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud. The school instructs 260 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud sits 24% below that benchmark.

Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud sits inside Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud records that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 23% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Stearns County (around 44%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Stearns County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,066 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud is one of 74 public schools in Stearns County (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students).

TECHNICAL SENIOR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud has edged down 62%, going from 687 students in 2018 to 260 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 47% to 23% over that span.

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