Total enrollment
8,455
+165 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
16 schools in Stillwater Area Public Schools
Minnesota · 8,455 students · 5 cities
Inside Stillwater Area Public Schools (Minnesota), 16 public K-12 schools enroll roughly 8,455 students (around 528 per school).
4-year change in Stillwater Area Public Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
16
+2 (+14%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Stillwater Area Public Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Minnesota | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #22 of 163 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 8,455 | #22 of 269 | #1,110 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 16 | #20 of 269 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #251 of 267 | #7,824 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 20.3% | #243 of 269 | #7,403 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #63 of 152 | #3,609 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Stillwater Area Public Schools
State test results across the district's 10 scored schools run from AFTON-LAKELAND ELEMENTARY at 67.4% proficient to ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY at 45.1%, a gap of 22.3 points. That is the 38th widest gap among 84 Minnesota districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 14 district schools that reported both years went from 8,442 to 8,437 students (unchanged) and from 447 to 463 full-time teachers (up 4%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL | Stillwater | High | 09-12 | 2,658 |
| Oak-Land Middle School | Lake Elmo | Middle | 06-08 | 946 |
| Stillwater Middle School | Stillwater | Middle | 06-08 | 939 |
| LAKE ELMO ELEMENTARY | Lake Elmo | Elementary | PK-05 | 697 |
| Brookview Elementary | Woodbury | Elementary | PK-05 | 607 |
| RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY | Stillwater | Elementary | KG-05 | 573 |
| AFTON-LAKELAND ELEMENTARY | Lakeland | Elementary | KG-05 | 437 |
| STONEBRIDGE ELEMENTARY | Stillwater | Elementary | KG-05 | 420 |
| LILY LAKE ELEMENTARY | Stillwater | Elementary | PK-05 | 398 |
| ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY | Bayport | Elementary | PK-05 | 327 |
| STILLWATER SPECIAL SERVICES-ECSE | Stillwater | Elementary | PK-PK | 259 |
| ST CROIX VALLEY AREA LEARNING CNTR. | Stillwater | High | 07-12 | 75 |
| GATE 4/5 | Stillwater | Elementary | 04-05 | 64 |
| Bridge Transition Program | Stillwater | High | 12-12 | 37 |
| STILLWATER DIST. SPECIAL SERVICES | Stillwater | Combined | KG-12 | 16 |
| WCJC | Stillwater | High | 07-12 | 2 |
About Stillwater Area Public Schools
Stillwater Area Public Schools is a rural-scale Minnesota school district running 16 schools with combined enrollment near 8,455.
On the school-mix side, Stillwater Area Public Schools is made up of 9 elementary, 2 middle, 4 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Stillwater Area Public Schools runs about 528 students per school, 48% above the state mean of roughly 357.
Trend over the past 4 years. Combined enrollment now sits at 8,455 students, stayed largely flat from the 8,290 reported in SY 2020-21. Stillwater Area Public Schools now counts 16 public schools, up from 14 in SY 2020-21.
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