Enrollment
371
Middle
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY·NCES 270036204222
St. Croix Prep Academy Middle
4260 STAGECOACH TR N, STILLWATER, MN 55082 · (651) 395-5950 · Washington County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE31-TOWNCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Minnesota public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
43 students
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 93 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 25% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
St. Croix Prep Academy Middle→St. Croix Preparatory Academy Upper
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
81.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
73.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
72.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% 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 14 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 →
Schools most like St. Croix Prep Academy Middle
St. Croix Prep Academy Middle's state test result (72.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Croix Prep Academy Middle this school | 371 | 11.6% | 72.6% |
| PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHASKA | 418 | 14.1% | 55.3% |
| Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 ELK RIVER | 291 | 15.1% | 39.6% |
| CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST CHASKA | 608 | 11.8% | 53.7% |
| WAYZATA WEST MIDDLE WAYZATA | 836 | 16.4% | 62.1% |
| CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKEVILLE | 950 | 13.6% | 53.8% |
Matched among Minnesota middle 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. Croix Prep Academy Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #1 of 245 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #3 of 245 | #1 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #1 of 245 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #173 of 306 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #97 of 210 | #3 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.5% | #105 of 216 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.6% | #249 of 252 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #50 of 66 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
371
0 (0%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 336
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 371 | 22.6 | 16.4:1 | 12% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 23.3 | 16.1:1 | 13% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 15.1 | 24.8:1 | 11% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 16 | 23.2:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 360 | 21.3 | 16.9:1 | 7% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 18 | 19.7:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 18 | 18.7:1 | 8% (28) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Croix Prep Academy Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (360 to 371); teachers up 6% (21.3 to 22.6).
About St. Croix Prep Academy Middle
St. Croix Prep Academy Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in STILLWATER, Minnesota. The school offers grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 371 students. On average, middle schools in Minnesota enroll around 495, and this school is 25% below that mark.
ST. CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY oversees St. Croix Prep Academy Middle and 2 other schools, with 1,212 students in total.
More than half of the students at St. Croix Prep Academy Middle are White (70%). The remaining shares are 14% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Washington County's population at about 78%. The diversity index for St. Croix Prep Academy Middle is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
St. Croix Prep Academy Middle has 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.4:1. Middle schools in Minnesota average 17.5:1, 1.1 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 12% at St. Croix Prep Academy Middle. For comparison, public schools in Washington County average 26%.
St. Croix Prep Academy Middle earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 99% of Minnesota public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, St. Croix Prep Academy Middle ranks in the top 10% in Minnesota. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 72.6%, against a prediction of 58.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Washington County show that median household income comes to about $115,345, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Washington County counts 103 public schools with about 46,313 students.
Of the public schools around it, St. Croix Prep Academy Middle is closest to ST. CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY LOWER, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. St. Croix Prep Academy Middle is 3rd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around St. Croix Prep Academy Middle as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Enrollment went from 371 in 2020-21 to 371 in 2024-25, a change of zero students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.2:1 to 16.4:1.
The St. Croix Prep Academy Middle discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,238
Census ACS
Median income
$115,345
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
46,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY
- ST. CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY LOWERElementary · 450 students
- St. Croix Preparatory Academy UpperHigh · 391 students
Other schools in STILLWATER
- STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,658 students
- Stillwater Middle SchoolMiddle · 939 students
- WILDWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 648 students
- RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARYElementary · 573 students
- ST. CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY LOWERElementary · 450 students
- STONEBRIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 420 students
Nearby schools
- ST. CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY LOWER0.0 mi · 450
- St. Croix Preparatory Academy Upper0.0 mi · 391
- MCF - OAK PARK HEIGHTS0.8 mi · 1
- ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 327
- MN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-STILLWATER1.1 mi · 9
- WCJC1.7 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About St. Croix Prep Academy MiddleHow large is St. Croix Prep Academy Middle?
St. Croix Prep Academy Middle enrolls approximately 371 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does St. Croix Prep Academy Middle serve?
St. Croix Prep Academy Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at St. Croix Prep Academy Middle?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at St. Croix Prep Academy Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at St. Croix Prep Academy Middle?
At St. Croix Prep Academy Middle, the student body is approximately 70% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is St. Croix Prep Academy Middle public or private?
St. Croix Prep Academy Middle is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by ST. CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.