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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ST. CLAIR SECONDARY this year?
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Enrollment
409
High
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. CLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273348001478
ST. CLAIR SECONDARY
121 MAIN ST W, SAINT CLAIR, MN 56080 · (507) 245-3027 · Blue Earth County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Minnesota public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
21.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
103 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 48%
Community
4
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 7 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 55 | 13% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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 ST. CLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
46.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
37.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 ST. CLAIR SECONDARY
ST. CLAIR SECONDARY's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST. CLAIR SECONDARY this school | 409 | 25.2% | 39.3% |
| MINNEWASKA SECONDARY GLENWOOD | 424 | 23.3% | 45.4% |
| CHATFIELD SECONDARY CHATFIELD | 423 | 22.7% | 43.2% |
| EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY EDEN VALLEY | 425 | 22.8% | 46.2% |
| HOLDINGFORD SECONDARY HOLDINGFORD | 509 | 27.1% | 27.3% |
| Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec LAKE CRYSTAL | 506 | 23.9% | 42.0% |
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 ST. CLAIR SECONDARY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Blue Earth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #192 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #165 of 401 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #200 of 397 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #200 of 764 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #292 of 332 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.0% | #324 of 338 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.2% | #343 of 444 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.2% | #23 of 181 | N/A |
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
409
+46 (+13%) vs 2020
+121% since 1990-91, when it was 185
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 409 | 19.3 | 21.2:1 | 25% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 18.3 | 22.2:1 | 28% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 18 | 21.5:1 | 27% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 16 | 22.7:1 | 14% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 17.9 | 17.1:1 | 13% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 16 | 18.1:1 | 14% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 278 | 14 | 19.9:1 | 19% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 20 | 17.4:1 | 19% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 185 | 15 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ST. CLAIR SECONDARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (307 to 409); teachers up 8% (17.9 to 19.3).
About ST. CLAIR SECONDARY
ST. CLAIR SECONDARY sits in SAINT CLAIR, Minnesota, and is classified as a high school. The school has 409 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 12.
ST. CLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools with a combined 820 students. ST. CLAIR SECONDARY is one of them.
At ST. CLAIR SECONDARY, 95% of students are White. Smaller groups are 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Blue Earth County is roughly 85% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ST. CLAIR SECONDARY scores 9%.
ST. CLAIR SECONDARY lists 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.2 students per teacher. The school's 21.2:1 compares with an average of 16.3:1 for high schools in Minnesota. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 25% of the student body. That rate is below the 37% average among public schools in Blue Earth County.
Among Minnesota public high schools, ST. CLAIR SECONDARY outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
ST. CLAIR SECONDARY ranks in the bottom 10% of Minnesota schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 39.3%. Predicted: 51.5%. Difference: 12.2 points.
The county, Blue Earth County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $74,477, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 31 public schools and about 9,034 students.
ST. CLAIR SECONDARY's nearest public school is ST. CLAIR ELEMENTARY (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.3%; ST. CLAIR SECONDARY's is 39.3%, ranking 6th of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 409, up from 363 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 22.7 in 2020-21 to 21.2 in 2024-25.
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Blue Earth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
69,871
Census ACS
Median income
$74,477
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,034 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. CLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ST. CLAIR ELEMENTARYElementary · 411 students
Nearby schools
- ST. CLAIR ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 411
- EAGLE LAKE ELEMENTARY5.7 mi · 270
- Prairie Winds Middle School6.4 mi · 887
- Mankato Schools Center for Learning6.9 mi · 165
- Rosa Parks Elementary7.1 mi · 425
- MANKATO EAST SENIOR HIGH7.3 mi · 1,302
Frequently asked questions
About ST. CLAIR SECONDARYHow many students attend ST. CLAIR SECONDARY?
ST. CLAIR SECONDARY enrolls approximately 409 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does ST. CLAIR SECONDARY serve?
ST. CLAIR SECONDARY serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does ST. CLAIR SECONDARY have?
ST. CLAIR SECONDARY employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ST. CLAIR SECONDARY?
At ST. CLAIR SECONDARY, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is ST. CLAIR SECONDARY in?
ST. CLAIR SECONDARY is part of ST. CLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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