St. Francis Elementary

St. Francis Elementary, a roomy elementary-level community in SAINT FRANCIS, Minnesota, overseen by St. Francis Area Schools, works with 621 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so St. Francis Elementary sits 81% bigger than that benchmark.

Within St. Francis Area Schools, which oversees 15 schools and 4,281 students, St. Francis Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, St. Francis Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Anoka County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, St. Francis Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Anoka County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $101,869 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Anoka County's 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), St. Francis Elementary is one campus in the mix.

St. Francis Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 665 students in 2018 compared to 621 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 1% to 5%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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