NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools FL

Best-Resourced Schools in Saint Cloud, FL

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7 public K-12 schools in Saint Cloud from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
6,234
Students
39.3/100
Avg Resource Index
16:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Saint Cloud has more public-school enrollment than 65% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Saint Cloud's 7 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Saint Cloud's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 20-point gap between Creative Inspiration Journey School of St Cloud and Neptune Elementary School shows the range hidden by Saint Cloud's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 35%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
43rd percentile
Teacher staffing
43rd percentile

Hickory Tree Elementary School accounts for 17.3% of all Saint Cloud public-school enrollment

That concentration means Saint Cloud-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Saint Cloud operates one school district — a single-district system

Saint Cloud's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Saint Cloud student-teacher ratio is 16.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Saint Cloud is typically wider than the Saint Cloud-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Saint Cloud's 7 listed schools are charters

14% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Creative Inspiration Journey School of St Cloud 51
2. Narcoossee Middle School 47
3. Hickory Tree Elementary School 39
4. Lakeview Elementary School 38
5. Michigan Avenue Elementary School 35
6. Narcoossee Elementary School 34
7. Neptune Elementary School 31

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Saint Cloud

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Narcoossee Elementary School 62.9/100
  2. 2 Michigan Avenue Elementary School 60.8/100
  3. 3 Hickory Tree Elementary School 60.2/100
  4. 4 Lakeview Elementary School 58.1/100
  5. 5 Creative Inspiration Journey School of St Cloud 57.7/100

What do families ask about schools in Saint Cloud?

Which Saint Cloud school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Creative Inspiration Journey School of St Cloud has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Saint Cloud schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Saint Cloud, FL? ▼

Saint Cloud has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,234 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.