MN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-ST. CLOUD

MN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-ST. CLOUD, a very small 9-12 campus in SAINT CLOUD, Minnesota, run under MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, works with 14 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 96% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Within MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, which oversees 8 schools and 90 students, MN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-ST. CLOUD is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-ST. CLOUD logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Black, 14% Native American, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Sherburne County's rate of about 29%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sherburne County shows median household earnings sit near $105,466, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sherburne County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,306 students), of which MN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-ST. CLOUD is one.

TALAHI COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-ST. CLOUD.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-ST. CLOUD has ticked down 7%, going from 15 students in 2018 to 14 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 20% to 50%.

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