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Enrollment
1,139
High
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. FRANCIS AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 273354000012
St. Francis High
3325 BRIDGE ST, SAINT FRANCIS, MN 55070 · (763) 213-1501 · Anoka County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL1,139 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.
- BBeats 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
19.1:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
300 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 303 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 288 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 281 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 267 | 23% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
50.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
47.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 St. Francis High
St. Francis High's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis High this school | 1,139 | 26.3% | 47.7% |
| North Branch Area High School NORTH BRANCH | 791 | 24.9% | 25.2% |
| Hastings High School HASTINGS | 1,301 | 23.8% | 45.4% |
| Cambridge-Isanti High School CAMBRIDGE | 1,582 | 30.3% | 42.3% |
| Monticello Senior High MONTICELLO | 1,313 | 25.9% | 44.4% |
| MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH MANKATO | 1,232 | 26.5% | 56.1% |
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. Francis High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #103 of 397 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #75 of 401 | #3 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #143 of 397 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,139 | #86 of 764 | #8 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #239 of 332 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.5% | #170 of 338 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #329 of 444 | #18 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #44 of 146 | 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
1,139
-75 (-6%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 1,706
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 1,139 | 59.7 | 19.1:1 | 26% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 1,136 | 56.6 | 20.1:1 | 30% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 1,168 | 56.9 | 20.5:1 | 28% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 1,214 | 58 | 20.9:1 | 16% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 1,336 | 67.8 | 19.7:1 | 22% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 1,444 | 56 | 25.8:1 | 22% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 1,668 | 81 | 20.6:1 | 25% (410) |
| 2000-01 | 1,706 | 82 | 20.8:1 | 13% (226) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Francis High.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,336 to 1,139); teachers down 12% (67.8 to 59.7).
About St. Francis High
In SAINT FRANCIS, Minnesota, part of Anoka County, St. Francis High is a high school. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 1,139 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 207% above the 371-student average for high schools in Minnesota.
St. Francis High is one school in a 15-school district, St. Francis Area Schools, which enrolls 4,281 students.
More than half of the students at St. Francis High are White (79%). Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. That is in line with Anoka County, where about 75% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 36%.
The school's 59.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. High schools in Minnesota average 16.3:1, 2.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 26% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 42% average for public schools in Anoka County.
Among Minnesota public high schools, St. Francis High outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for St. Francis High is 50.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.7%.
For Anoka County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $101,869, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 145 public schools in the county, enrolling about 59,656, St. Francis High among them.
St. Francis Middle is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
NCES describes the area around St. Francis High as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment decreased 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.9:1 to 19.1:1.
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Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Francis Area Schools
- St. Francis MiddleMiddle · 890 students
- Cedar Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- St. Francis ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- East Bethel Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Saints AcademyHigh · 144 students
- ECSE@ ISD 15 Lifelong LearningElementary · 117 students
Other schools in SAINT FRANCIS
- St. Francis MiddleMiddle · 890 students
- St. Francis ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Saints AcademyHigh · 144 students
- Saints Online High SchoolHigh · 87 students
- Transition 15High · 21 students
- Saints Online Middle SchoolMiddle · 16 students
Nearby schools
- St. Francis Middle0.6 mi · 890
- St. Francis Elementary0.8 mi · 621
- Transition 151.3 mi · 21
- Saints Online Elementary1.3 mi · 3
- Saints Online High School1.3 mi · 87
- Saints Academy1.3 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About St. Francis HighHow many students attend St. Francis High?
St. Francis High enrolls approximately 1,139 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does St. Francis High serve?
St. Francis High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at St. Francis High?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at St. Francis High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at St. Francis High?
At St. Francis High, the student body is approximately 79% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees St. Francis High?
St. Francis High is overseen by St. Francis Area Schools in Anoka County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.