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Sartell Senior High
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Sartell Senior High
Sartell Senior High operates as a well-populated high school in SARTELL, Minnesota, operated by Sartell-St. Stephen School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,269 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 242% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.
Sartell-St. Stephen School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,943 students; Sartell Senior High is among them.
On the student-mix side, Sartell Senior High logs that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest consists of 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% Black.
On the income-and-resources front, Sartell Senior High records 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 19% of students at Sartell Senior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Stearns County's rate of about 44%.
With demographic context factored in, Sartell Senior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.9%, the actual is 50.5%, a residual of -4.4 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Stearns County indicate median household income runs about $77,066, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Stearns County's 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students), Sartell Senior High is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Oak Ridge Early Learning Center, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Sartell Senior High operates from a small-town location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Sartell Senior High's enrollment has grew 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,197 (now 1,269). The White share of enrollment contracted from 93% to 87% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Sartell Senior High community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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