ST. Cloud Public School District

A public school district in Waite Park, Minnesota, with 27 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

9,940
Students enrolled: 738.6
Teachers, full-time equivalent: Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.; 1,660.5
All staff, full-time equivalent: $16,825
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023: Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 9,940 in 2024–25: Ranks 907th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 16th of 535 in Minnesota. Larger than 94% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $16,825 in fiscal year 2023: More than 58% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

ST. Cloud Public School District spent $16,825 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,131 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart

ST. Cloud Public School District spent $16,825 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,131 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal year	Spending per pupil	Current expenditure	Membership
FY2023	$16,825	$156.2 million	9,286
FY2022	$15,904	$151.8 million	9,546
FY2021	$14,433	$139.0 million	9,628
FY2020	$13,207	$134.3 million	10,171
FY2019	$12,898	$132.7 million	10,292
FY2018	$12,995	$131.2 million	10,096
FY2017	$13,391	$131.6 million	9,828
FY2016	$12,338	$126.2 million	10,228
FY2015	$11,483	$117.8 million	10,255
FY2014	$10,988	$110.4 million	10,051
FY2013	$10,519	$102.9 million	9,778
FY2012	$10,431	$101.1 million	9,692
FY2011	$10,272	$99.4 million	9,679
FY2010	$11,426	$108.7 million	9,510
FY2009	$10,161	$96.7 million	9,517
FY2008	$9,854	$94.8 million	9,619
FY2007	$9,561	$91.4 million	9,557
FY2006	$9,503	$90.2 million	9,495
FY2005	$9,131	$88.6 million	9,702

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to ST. Cloud Public School District by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
Source	Revenue	Share of total
Federal	$36.9 million	18.9%
State	$118.9 million	60.9%
Local	$39.3 million	20.2%
Total	$195.1 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

27 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in ST. Cloud Public School District
School	City	Level	Students
180 Degrees / Youth Shelter	Saint Cloud	High	0
ALC - Foley	Foley	High	0
ALC - Holdingford	Holdingford	High	0
ALC - Kimball	Kimball	High	0
ALC - Sartell	Sartell	High	2
ALC - Sauk Rapids	Sauk Rapids	High	59
Apollo Senior High	Saint Cloud	High	1,264
Clearview Elementary	Clear Lake	Elementary	401
Central Minnesota Virtual Academy	Waite Park	High	53
Discovery Community Elementary	Waite Park	Elementary	572
EC Sp Ed at Quarryview Ed Center	Waite Park	Prekindergarten	245
Kennedy Community School	Saint Joseph	Other	582
Katherine Johnson Education Center	Saint Cloud	Other	79
Lincoln Elementary	Saint Cloud	Elementary	328
Madison Elementary	Saint Cloud	Elementary	704
North Junior High	Saint Cloud	Middle	720
Newport Academy	Saint Cloud	High	17
Oak Hill Community Elementary	Saint Cloud	Elementary	878
Roosevelt Education Center	Saint Cloud	Other	14
South Junior High	Saint Cloud	Middle	831
Special Education Facilities	Waite Park	Other
ST. Cloud Hospital Programs Non-Res	Saint Cloud	Other	18
St Cloud Hospital Progs-Residential	Saint Cloud	Other	6
St. Cloud Area Learning Center	Waite Park	High	237
Talahi Community Elementary	Saint Cloud	Elementary	701
Technical Senior High	Saint Cloud	High	1,561
Westwood Elementary	Saint Cloud	Elementary	531

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it: ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
Status: Open
Type: Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status: Not a charter district
Grades: Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID: 2733510

Elsewhere

Public schools in Minnesota — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
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Minnesota on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.

Sources

Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.

Data retrieved September 25, 2026