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Saint Cloud, Minnesota - 2 schools
An equity score of 87/100 ranks Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ #21 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,597 per pupil, Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ ranks #153 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
285
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$15,597
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ operates 2 public schools serving 285 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Stearns County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,597 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.2% local, 78.8% state, and 20.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 87/100, ranked #21 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 17.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 99.3% African American, 0.8% White across the district's schools.
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ accounts for 74.5% of all Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ a distant remainder — means Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 92.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ chronic absenteeism rate is 17.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ is typically wider than the Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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