NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Sauk Rapids, MN

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7 public K-12 schools in Sauk Rapids 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
4,015
Students
31.3/100
Avg Resource Index
13:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Sauk Rapids has more public-school enrollment than 44% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Sauk Rapids's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Sauk Rapids'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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Sauk Rapids lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 17 to 1,319 students, a 78-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 56%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
15th percentile
Teacher staffing
79th percentile

Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High accounts for 32.9% of all Sauk Rapids public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Sauk Rapids-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

Sauk Rapids school enrollment varies 78× across entities

Sauk Rapids school enrollment ranges from 17 students (lowest) to 1,319 students (highest), a spread of 1,302 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

Sauk Rapids student-teacher ratio is 13.0:1 — 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. Benton-Stearns Education District 53
2. Benton Stearns Education District 1 33
3. Hillside Early Childhood Center 30
4. Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School 29
5. Pleasantview Elementary 26
6. Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High 24
7. Mississippi Heights Elementary 24

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Sauk Rapids

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 Hillside Early Childhood Center 49.5/100
  2. 2 Pleasantview Elementary 42.0/100
  3. 3 Mississippi Heights Elementary 35.7/100
  4. 4 Benton-Stearns Education District 35.7/100
  5. 5 Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School 32.0/100

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Which Sauk Rapids school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Benton-Stearns Education District has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Sauk Rapids schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Sauk Rapids, MN? ▼

Sauk Rapids has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,015 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13:1.

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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.