School district · Minnesota
St. Francis Area Schools
St. Francis Area Schools in Minnesota: 16 public schools with 4,281 students and 15.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,837 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 16
- Students
- 4,281
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- MN 14.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $13,837
- MN $16.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 270
- Counselors (FTE)
- 5.0
- Students per counselor
- 863
- MN 476 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 2.9
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Minnesota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Minnesota: 49%53%proficient
+1.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 73% of school districts in Minnesota
Median 46% · 475 school districts compared
1,837 students tested, grades 3–8 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Minnesota: 47%46%proficient
+5.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 60% of school districts in Minnesota
Median 42% · 474 school districts compared
1,836 students tested, grades 3–8 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 5.8% · $4.3M
- State
- 67% · $50.4M
- Local
- 27% · $20M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,514
- Support services
- $4,583
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $6.6M
- Long-term debt
- $76.3M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ECSE@ ISD 15 Lifelong LearningSpecial education | Pre-K | 117 | 13.2 | — | — |
| Pre-K | 60 | — | — | — | |
| K–5 | 680 | 14.5 | 52% | 51% | |
| K–5 | 460 | 12.8 | 55% | 49% | |
Saints Online ElementaryFully virtual | K–5 | 3 | 4.8 | — | — |
| K–5 | 621 | 15.6 | 62% | 66% | |
Saints Online Middle SchoolFully virtual | 6–8 | 16 | 13.4 | — | — |
| 6–8 | 890 | 21.7 | 51% | 37% | |
Crossroads EastAlternative | 7–12 | 14 | 2.6 | — | — |
Saints AcademyAlternative | 7–12 | 144 | 15.6 | — | — |
Saints Guided StudiesAlternative | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Saints Online High SchoolFully virtual | 9–12 | 87 | 14.4 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 1,139 | 19.1 | — | — | |
Transition 15Special education | 12 | 21 | 6.4 | — | — |
Crossroads SchoolAlternative | K–12 | 16 | 3.4 | — | — |
Restore ProgramSpecial education | K–12 | 13 | 5.8 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 4115 Ambassador Blvd, Saint Francis, MN 55070
- Phone
- (763)753-7041
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.