NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Saint Peter, MN

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

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11
Schools
2,177
Students
45.9/100
Avg Resource Index
9.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Saint Peter has more public-school enrollment than 15% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Saint Peter is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Saint Peter's 11 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 53-point gap between Minnesota Prairie School and St. Peter Middle School shows the range hidden by Saint Peter'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 85%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
74th percentile
Teacher staffing
99th percentile

St. Peter High School accounts for 31.8% of all Saint Peter public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Saint Peter-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

Saint Peter school enrollment varies 138× across entities

Saint Peter school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 692 students (highest), a spread of 687 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

Saint Peter student-teacher ratio is 9.8:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Minnesota Prairie School 80
2. North Elementary School 56
3. St. Peter Ecse 51
4. Rock Bend Hs Alc 51
5. Mn Valley Ed. Dist. Early Childhood 49
6. South Elementary School 40
7. Oshawa Learning Academy 40
8. St. Peter High School 37
9. Minnesota Valley School 37
10. Minnesota River School 37
11. St. Peter Middle School 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Saint Peter

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 Minnesota River School 60.2/100
  2. 2 Oshawa Learning Academy 51.2/100
  3. 3 St. Peter Middle School 50.3/100
  4. 4 Rock Bend Hs Alc 50.0/100
  5. 5 St. Peter High School 47.0/100

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

Minnesota Prairie School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Saint Peter schools in this federal-data comparison at 80/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Saint Peter, MN? ▼

Saint Peter has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,177 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 9.8:1.

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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.