NORTH JUNIOR HIGH

NORTH JUNIOR HIGH is one of the reasonably sized middle schools in SAINT CLOUD, Minnesota, operated by ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 720 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 45% larger than typical.

ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 9,803 students; NORTH JUNIOR HIGH is among them.

In terms of who attends, NORTH JUNIOR HIGH reports that the most-represented group is Black (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% White, 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Stearns County as a whole is about 9% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting NORTH JUNIOR HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Stearns County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH JUNIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.4%, the actual is 22.7%, a residual of -3.7 points.

In the surrounding community, Stearns County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,066 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. NORTH JUNIOR HIGH is one of 74 public schools in Stearns County (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students).

The closest other public school is MADISON ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTH JUNIOR HIGH at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 25.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. NORTH JUNIOR HIGH's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 858 (now 720). Over the same period, the White share declined from 38% to 30%.

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