Public schools in Saint Peter, MN

Saint Peter has 10 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 5 other, enrolling 2,172 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; St. Peter Public School District runs 7 of them.

The 2 districts and agencies that run Saint Peter's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Saint PeterDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
St. Peter Public School District72,090$15,513
Minnesota Valley Education District372not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Saint Peter, 706 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
St. Peter High School69219.127.2%St. Peter
Rock Bend HS Alc149.764.3%St. Peter

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Saint Peter, 617 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
St. Peter Middle School61718.333.2%St. Peter

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 elementary schools in Saint Peter, 698 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
North Elementary School42915.632.2%St. Peter
South Elementary School26913.433.8%St. Peter

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 other schools in Saint Peter, 151 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Saint Peter's public schools compare with Minnesota's

The median Saint Peter school has 13.4 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Minnesota median of 13.7. 0% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 20% across the state. Its median school enrolls 44 students (state 275).

Saint Peter against Minnesota, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Saint PeterMinnesota
Median students per teacher13.413.7
Median school size (students)44275
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%20%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%22%
Charter schools0%12%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 10 Saint Peter schools and the 2,321 Minnesota schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Saint Peter

  1. St. Peter Public School DistrictRuns 7 of Saint Peter's 10 public schools and spent $15,513 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,513
  2. St. Peter High School, the largest high school in Saint Peter692 students in 2024-25, 19.1 per teacher.692
  3. Compare St. Peter Public School District with Minnesota Valley Education DistrictSaint Peter's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MinnesotaMinnesota's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Saint Peter addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Minnesota

  1. Saint Paul135 schools
  2. Minneapolis132 schools
  3. Rochester44 schools
  4. Duluth30 schools
  5. Brooklyn Park29 schools
  6. Plymouth27 schools
  7. Bloomington26 schools
  8. Apple Valley20 schools

Questions about schools in Saint Peter

  1. How many public schools are in Saint Peter, MN?
    10 public schools with an address in Saint Peter were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 5 other, enrolling 2,172 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Saint Peter?
    St. Peter High School, with 692 students in 2024-25 (St. Peter Public School District).
  3. Which districts run Saint Peter's schools?
    St. Peter Public School District (7 schools), Minnesota Valley Education District (3 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25