High · Minnesota

St. Cloud Area Learning Center

AlternativeFree meals for all

St. Cloud Area Learning Center, a public high school in Waite Park, Minnesota: grades 6–12, 237 students, 12.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of St. Cloud Public School District.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 237
Teachers (FTE): 19.6
Students per teacher: 12.1
Grades: 6–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 64% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 14.4 · 708 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 67% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 62% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 140 · 824 schools compared

Smaller than 66% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–12
Type: District school · Alternative
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize suburb
Run by: St. Cloud Public School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with St. Cloud Public School District.

Location

Address: 216 N 8TH Ave, Waite Park, MN 56387
Phone: (320)370-6790
City or town: Waite Park
County: Stearns County

Quality of life in Waite Park Schools in Waite Park

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Central Minnesota Virtual AcademyFully virtual	6–12	53	—	0.7 mi
Apollo Senior HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,264	16.7	1.1 mi
180 Degrees / Youth ShelterAlternative	6–12	0	—	2.7 mi
Technical Senior HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,561	17.9	3.4 mi
Newport AcademyAlternative	7–12	17	10.2	3.6 mi
Benton-Stearns Education DistrictSpecial educationFree meals for all	5–12	24	6.5	3.8 mi

Sources

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).

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NCES 273351003003