About St. Francis Area Schools
St. Francis Area Schools is a public school system serving Anoka County, Minnesota, based in Saint Francis. It serves 4,281 students across 16 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #45 largest of Minnesota’s 535 school systems.
Size and structure
St. Francis Area Schools enrolls 4,281 students in 16 schools — an average of about 268 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #45 of 535 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in St. Francis Area Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (4,281 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
St. Francis Area Schools employs about 270 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.9:1 — above the Minnesota average of about 15.0:1. Total district staff is roughly 672.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Minnesota funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for St. Francis Area Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Minnesota’s accountability system, North Star, is published through the Minnesota Report Card, covering achievement, growth, graduation, progress toward English-language proficiency and consistent attendance rather than a single A–F grade. Look up St. Francis Area Schools on the Minnesota Report Card.
Accreditation status
Minnesota has no state accreditation requirement for public districts; where districts pursue voluntary accreditation they generally work with Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor. Look up St. Francis Area Schools in the free Cognia registry.
St. Francis Area Schools vs. Minnesota
See every Minnesota district side by side in the Minnesota directory.
Look up St. Francis Area Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):