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Enrollment
1,269
High
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273282001424
Sartell Senior High
3101 PINE CONE RD, SARTELL, MN 56377 · (320) 656-0748 · Stearns County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,269 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Minnesota public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
240 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 326 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 336 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 301 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 306 | 24% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sartell-St. Stephen School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
56.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
40.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sartell Senior High
Sartell Senior High's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sartell Senior High this school | 1,269 | 18.9% | 50.5% |
| East High School DULUTH | 1,495 | 19.7% | 54.2% |
| Alexandria Area High School ALEXANDRIA | 1,315 | 21.1% | 49.0% |
| Chisago Lakes Senior High LINDSTROM | 1,053 | 21.6% | 42.2% |
| NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH NEW PRAGUE | 1,315 | 15.4% | 53.4% |
| BUFFALO SENIOR HIGH BUFFALO | 1,681 | 22.0% | 56.6% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sartell Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Stearns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #82 of 397 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #128 of 401 | #3 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #92 of 397 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,269 | #73 of 764 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #151 of 332 | #5 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #222 of 338 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #404 of 444 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.0% | #119 of 181 | #4 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,269
-103 (-8%) vs 2020
+98% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 1,269 | 77.1 | 16.5:1 | 19% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 1,315 | 80.8 | 16.3:1 | 21% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 1,349 | 66.2 | 20.4:1 | 21% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 1,372 | 62 | 22.1:1 | 10% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 1,197 | 71.8 | 16.7:1 | 13% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 1,143 | 71 | 16.1:1 | 13% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 1,010 | 59 | 17.1:1 | 12% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 854 | 53 | 16.1:1 | 7% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 34 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sartell Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,197 to 1,269); teachers up 7% (71.8 to 77.1).
About Sartell Senior High
Sartell Senior High is a high school in SARTELL, Minnesota, reachable at (320) 656-0748. The school enrolls 1,269 students in grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 371 students for high schools in Minnesota.
Sartell Senior High is one of the 5 schools that make up Sartell-St. Stephen School District (3,943 students in total).
The share of White students at Sartell Senior High is 87%. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 24%.
There are 77.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sartell Senior High, giving a ratio of 16.5:1. That is in line with the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota. A total of 240 students, or 19%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 44% average for public schools in Stearns County.
Among Minnesota public high schools, Sartell Senior High outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 54.9%. Sartell Senior High scores 50.5%.
In the surrounding county, Stearns County, median household income comes to about $77,066, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Sartell Senior High shares Stearns County with 73 other public schools.
Sartell Senior High's closest public school neighbor is Oak Ridge Early Learning Center, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Sartell Senior High, there are at least 8 other public schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 1,372 to 1,269. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.5:1, from 22.1:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Sartell-St. Stephen School District
- Sartell MiddleMiddle · 983 students
- Riverview Intermediate SchoolElementary · 914 students
- Pine Meadow Primary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Oak Ridge Early Learning CenterElementary · 288 students
Other schools in SARTELL
- Sartell MiddleMiddle · 983 students
- Riverview Intermediate SchoolElementary · 914 students
- Pine Meadow Primary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Oak Ridge Early Learning CenterElementary · 288 students
- Benton-Stearns Ed District ECElementary · 99 students
- Benton-Stearns Education - ASDCombined · 12 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Ridge Early Learning Center0.3 mi · 288
- Sartell Middle2.3 mi · 983
- Pine Meadow Primary School2.3 mi · 489
- Riverview Intermediate School2.4 mi · 914
- Benton-Stearns Education Pioneers2.8 mi · 8
- ALC - Sartell2.8 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About Sartell Senior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Sartell Senior High?
Sartell Senior High enrolls approximately 1,269 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Sartell Senior High serve?
Sartell Senior High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Sartell Senior High have?
Sartell Senior High employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sartell Senior High?
At Sartell Senior High, the student body is approximately 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Sartell Senior High?
Sartell Senior High is overseen by Sartell-St. Stephen School District in Stearns County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.