NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Cambridge, MN

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

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12
Schools
3,516
Students
34.9/100
Avg Resource Index
22.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cambridge has more public-school enrollment than 37% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cambridge-Isanti High School enrolls 45.0% of Cambridge's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Cambridge's list includes 2 elementary, 2 middle, and 4 high-school campuses, plus 4 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 50-point gap between Riverside Academy Mlp and Cambridge-Isanti High School shows the range hidden by Cambridge'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 63%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
25th percentile
Teacher staffing
7th percentile

Cambridge-Isanti High School accounts for 45.0% of all Cambridge public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Cambridge-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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

Cambridge school enrollment varies 527× across entities

Cambridge school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 1,582 students (highest), a spread of 1,579 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Cambridge operates one school district — a single-district system

Cambridge'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

Cambridge student-teacher ratio is 22.3:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Riverside Academy Mlp 59
2. Riverside Academy 56
3. Brookside Academy 56
4. Cambridge-Isanti Oll Secondary 6-12 39
5. Moving Forward 38
6. Cambridge Early Childhood Specialed 30
7. Riverside Academy is 30
8. Cambridge-Isanti Oll Elementary K-5 29
9. Cambridge Intermediate School 27
10. Cambridge Primary School 25
11. Cambridge Middle School 21
12. Cambridge-Isanti High School 9

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Cambridge

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 Brookside Academy 48.6/100
  2. 2 Riverside Academy is 47.6/100
  3. 3 Cambridge-Isanti Oll Elementary K-5 36.4/100
  4. 4 Riverside Academy 34.5/100
  5. 5 Cambridge Intermediate School 32.0/100

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Which Cambridge school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Riverside Academy Mlp has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Cambridge schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Cambridge, MN? ▼

Cambridge has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,516 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.3:1.

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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.