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Benton-Stearns Education District School

Serves grades 5 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
324 3 Rd Avenue South
Sauk Rapids, MN 56379
Phone
(320) 252-8427
District
Benton-Stearns Education District
County
BENTON COUNTY
Type of School
Special education
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
19
Classroom Teachers
4

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Minnesota

2

(10 is best)

Better than 13.4% of all MN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Benton-Stearns Education District School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
25%
47%
25%
50%
No Data
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
5
7
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 5 1 5.3%
Grade 6 2 10.5%
Grade 7 2 10.5%
Grade 8 3 15.8%
Grade 9 4 21.1%
Grade 10 2 10.5%
Grade 11 3 15.8%
Grade 12 2 10.5%
Total 19 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 82.4% 84.0% 65.4%
Black 11.8% 4.7% 12.7%
Hispanic 0.0% 8.0% 12.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 2.0% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 5.9% 1.3% 2.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 73.7% 53.4% 42.4%
Free lunch eligible 63.2% 42.9% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.5% 10.4% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION Unreported 5,737,915
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 72
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW Unreported 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD Unreported 19.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD Unreported 32.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD Unreported 24.9%
65 OR OLDER Unreported 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households Unreported 2,282,967
Single Parent Households With Children Unreported 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma Unreported 93.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree Unreported 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more Unreported 24.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 Unreported 19.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 Unreported 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 Unreported 15.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 Unreported 12.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 Unreported 8.2%
$15,000 or less Unreported 6.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $52,620 $8,577,000 83.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $184 $30,000 0.3%
Staff $0 $0 0.0%
General Administration $92 $15,000 0.1%
School Administration $0 $0 0.0%
Operation $3,098 $505,000 4.9%
Transportation $0 $0 0.0%
Other $3,258 $531,000 5.2%
Total Support $6,632 $1,081,000 10.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,761 $613,000 6.0%
Total Expenditures $63,012 $10,271,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,696 $8,440,020,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $575 $500,256,000 2.9%
Staff $801 $697,297,000 4.1%
General Administration $599 $521,143,000 3.1%
School Administration $589 $512,404,000 3.0%
Operation $1,033 $898,874,000 5.3%
Transportation $883 $768,682,000 4.5%
Other $414 $360,149,000 2.1%
Total Support $4,892 $4,258,805,000 25.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,975 $4,330,430,000 25.4%
Total Expenditures $19,563 $17,029,255,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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