📍 700 7th St S, Waite Park, Stearns County, 56387
Discovery Community Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Waite Park, Stearns County. The school has 483 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Cloud Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Discovery Community Elementary enrolls 483 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Black or African American, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 19% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 251 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 95 | 20% |
| White | 94 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 6.6% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
412 of the school's 483 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 373 qualify for free lunch and 39 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.
Discovery Community Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). 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.
Discovery Community Elementary 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 483 students, Discovery Community Elementary is larger than the district average of about 382 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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