STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL

Set in STILLWATER, Minnesota, STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL is a large senior high, run under Stillwater Area Public Schools. It works with 2,658 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 616% bigger than the state mean of about 371.

Stillwater Area Public Schools runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 8,455 students. STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL reports that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 122 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.5%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of +0.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, Washington County reports that median household earnings sit near $115,345, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Washington County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students), STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LILY LAKE ELEMENTARY, roughly 1.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 67.1%.

STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 2,760 students in 2018 compared to 2,658 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 86% to 74% over that span.

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