St. Croix Prep Academy Middle

St. Croix Prep Academy Middle is a middle school of small scale in STILLWATER, Minnesota, part of ST. CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY, hosting 371 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

Within ST. CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY, which oversees 3 schools and 1,212 students, St. Croix Prep Academy Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, St. Croix Prep Academy Middle records that White students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 14% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting St. Croix Prep Academy Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), St. Croix Prep Academy Middle ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 58.8%; St. Croix Prep Academy Middle posts 72.6%, +13.7 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $115,345, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. St. Croix Prep Academy Middle is one of 103 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students).

Nearest neighbor: ST. CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY LOWER, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, St. Croix Prep Academy Middle comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.1%.

St. Croix Prep Academy Middle operates from a town-center location. St. Croix Prep Academy Middle operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. St. Croix Prep Academy Middle's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 371). The White share of enrollment contracted from 82% to 70% over that span.

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