SPECIAL EDUCATION FACILITIES
WAITE PARK · MN · ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT · Public · K-12 combined
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St. Cloud Area Learning Center → Holy Innocents School → Katherine Johnson Education Center → APOLLO SENIOR HIGH → Roosevelt Education Center → TECHNICAL SENIOR HIGH → 180 Degrees / Youth Shelter → Cathedral →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How SPECIAL EDUCATION FACILITIES compares for families
What families should know about SPECIAL EDUCATION FACILITIES.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: St. Cloud Area Learning Center, Holy Innocents School, Katherine Johnson Education Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2023 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +6.5%/year, projecting from 2023's 59 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Cloud Area Learning Center WAITE PARK |
Public | 0.7 | 229 | -8.8% |
| Holy Innocents School Waite Park |
Private | 0.8 | 13 | — |
| Katherine Johnson Education Center SAINT CLOUD |
Public | 1.1 | 39 | — |
| APOLLO SENIOR HIGH SAINT CLOUD |
Public | 1.8 | 1,264 | -2.8% |
| Roosevelt Education Center SAINT CLOUD |
Public | 2.0 | 4 | — |
| TECHNICAL SENIOR HIGH SAINT CLOUD |
Public | 2.9 | 1,561 | +1.6% |
| 180 Degrees / Youth Shelter SAINT CLOUD |
Public | 2.9 | — | — |
| Cathedral Saint Cloud |
Private | 3.6 | 559 | -15.7% |