📍 1120 15th Ave S, Saint Cloud, Stearns County, 56301
South Junior High is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Saint Cloud, Stearns County. The school has 867 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Cloud Public School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 24% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
South Junior High enrolls 867 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 38% White and 7.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 394 | 45% |
| White | 328 | 38% |
| Two or more races | 63 | 7.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 54 | 6.2% |
| Asian | 15 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 11 | 1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
632 of the school's 867 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 575 qualify for free lunch and 57 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
South Junior High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-60, state senate district 14.
South Junior High is one of 26 schools in ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in WAITE PARK, Minnesota. The district serves 9,940 students district-wide and employs 593 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 867 students, South Junior High is larger than the district average of about 382 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small