Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 179 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT CLOUD MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEM·NCES 270039504752
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ
1025 18TH ST N, SAINT CLOUD, MN 56303 · (320) 774-2201 · Stearns County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
259 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 18% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ→St. Cloud Math & Science Middle
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
32.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
12.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 13% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Stearns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #687 of 844 | #17 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #663 of 844 | #17 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #701 of 844 | #16 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #687 of 1,130 | #18 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #67 of 769 | #4 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.0% | #790 of 796 | #21 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #12 of 942 | #2 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.9% | #36 of 244 | #4 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
266
+40 (+18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 266 | 25.3 | 10.5:1 | 97% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 27 | 8.9:1 | 100% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 21.5 | 11.2:1 | 95% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | 23 | 9.8:1 | 87% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 208 | 18 | 11.6:1 | 96% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 159 | 15 | 10.6:1 | 100% (159) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ.
About Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ is a low-enrollment elementary school in SAINT CLOUD, Minnesota, administered by Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ. There are 266 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average enrollment is about 344.
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ operates as its own local education agency.
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ is 99% Black by enrollment. Census estimates put the Black share of Stearns County's population at about 9%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ scores 3%.
Classroom staffing at Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ totals 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota, 13.7:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ is about 97%. Compared with the 44% average for public schools in Stearns County, the school's rate is higher.
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 15.5 points (28.2% versus 12.7%), a top-10% result in Minnesota on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Stearns County, where median household income comes to about $77,066, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ shares Stearns County with 73 other public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, St. Cloud Math & Science Middle, is the closest to Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ.
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. NCES lists Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ as a charter school.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 18% rise, from 226 to 266.
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Stearns County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,865
Census ACS
Median income
$77,066
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
74
24,160 students
Quick facts
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- ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL PROGRAMS NON-RES0.6 mi · 18
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- Benton-Stearns Education District0.8 mi · 24
- Benton Stearns Education District 10.8 mi · 17
- Success Academy St. Cloud - Middle0.8 mi · 46
Frequently asked questions
About Saint Cloud Math and Science AcademHow many students attend Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ?
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ enrolls approximately 266 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ serve?
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ?
At Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ, the student body is approximately 2% White, 99% Black.
Is Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ public or private?
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ.
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