St. Cloud Sun

There were 23,457 students enrolled in Stearns County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Stearns County comprised 51.5% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48.5%.

Data also showed that white students made up 63.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Stearns County schools, followed by Black students with 19.5%, 9.9% Hispanic students, 4.2% multiracial students, 1.6% Asian students, 0.8% American Indian students, 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.

Technical Senior High had the highest enrollment among Stearns County's 49 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 1,561 students.

With more than 870,000 students enrolled, Minnesota's public school system is the 10th-largest in the United States. As of 2025 the student-to-teacher ratio in the state’s public schools is 15 to 1, on par with the national average. 

School name	Total enrollment in 2023-24	Total enrollment in 2024-25	% change
Technical Senior High	1,538	1,561	1.5%
Sartell Senior High	1,315	1,269	-3.5%
Apollo Senior High	1,230	1,264	2.8%
Sartell Middle	976	983	0.7%
Riverview Intermediate School	915	914	-0.1%
Oak Hill Community Elementary	752	878	16.8%
South Junior High	866	831	-4%
ROCORI Senior High	861	824	-4.3%
North Junior High	701	720	2.7%
Madison Elementary	671	704	4.9%
Cold Spring Elementary	670	656	-2.1%
Sauk Centre Secondary	620	597	-3.7%
Holdingford Elementary	564	589	4.4%
Albany Area High School	560	584	4.3%
Kennedy Community School	608	582	-4.3%
Discovery Community Elementary	540	572	5.9%
STRIDE Academy K-8 Charter School	588	569	-3.2%
ROCORI Middle	541	563	4.1%
Westwood Elementary	452	531	17.5%
Melrose Elementary	476	512	7.6%
Holdingford Secondary	513	509	-0.8%
Melrose Secondary	504	505	0.2%
Pine Meadow Primary School	534	489	-8.4%
Paynesville Area Secondary School	484	465	-3.9%
Albany Area Middle School	470	457	-2.8%
Paynesville Area Elementary	436	429	-1.6%
Kimball Secondary	425	413	-2.8%
Eden Valley Elementary	391	383	-2%
Albany Elementary	478	380	-20.5%
Sauk Centre Elementary	378	368	-2.6%
Kimball Elementary	323	346	7.1%
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec.	317	316	-0.3%
Melrose Middle	286	296	3.5%
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary	313	294	-6.1%
Oak Ridge Early Learning Center	306	288	-5.9%
Saint Cloud Math and Science Academy Charter School	240	266	10.8%
Avon Elementary	291	264	-9.3%
Athlos Academy of Saint Cloud	256	260	1.6%
St. Cloud Area Learning Center	231	237	2.6%
Success Academy St. Cloud - Elementary	185	140	-24.3%
Sauk Centre Middle	132	139	5.3%
Richmond Elementary	128	135	5.5%
Rockville Elementary	130	129	-0.8%
St. Cloud Math & Science Academy Middle School	85	91	7.1%
Albany Area Early Learning Center	--	59	--
Success Academy St. Cloud - Middle	--	46	--
ROCORI ALC	21	27	28.6%
West Central Area Learning Center	29	21	-27.6%
ALC - Sartell	1	2	100%