Technical Senior High

Summary:

Technical Senior High is a public high school located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,515 students. The school is part of the St. Cloud Public School District, which is ranked 349 out of 463 districts in Minnesota and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Technical Senior High has a significantly higher percentage of African American students (46.67%) compared to the state average (5.74%) and the nearby Apollo Senior High (36.73%), which is a key differentiating factor. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by MCA-III test scores, is generally lower than the state and district averages across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's 11th-grade math proficiency rate was 21.33%, compared to the state average of 34.99% and the district average of 16.55%. Additionally, Technical Senior High has had a declining four-year graduation rate, dropping from 81.4% in 2018-2019 to 73.3% in 2021-2022, and an increasing dropout rate, from 4.3% in 2018-2019 to 8.5% in 2021-2022, which is higher than the state and district averages.

Despite these challenges, Technical Senior High has performed exceptionally well in supporting its homeless student population, ranking 2nd out of 9 Minnesota high schools in 2023-2024 and 2nd out of 12 in 2022-2023, with 4 and 5 out of 5 stars, respectively. Additionally, the school's student-teacher ratio has improved from 24.8 in 2020-2021 to 18.3 in 2022-2023, which may have a positive impact on the learning environment and student outcomes. Addressing the academic gaps and improving graduation rates should be key priorities for the school and the St. Cloud Public School District.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 4200 33rd St S
       Saint Cloud, MN  56301-8888


(320) 370-8350

District: St. Cloud Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
345th of 480 Minnesota High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,760 Help


Feeder schools for Technical Senior High:

Elementary:    Clearview Elementary
    Discovery Community Elementary
    Oak Hill Community Elementary
    Talahi Community Elementary
Middle:    South Junior High

Student/teacher ratio:  17.5 Help
Number of students:  1,538

Racial breakdown:

African American:
46.6%
White:
38.2%
Hispanic:
6.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  65.9% Help


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Compare Details Technical Senior High ranks worse than 71.9% of high schools in Minnesota. It also ranks first among 3 ranked high schools in the St. Cloud Public School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32.15. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Technical Senior High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Technical Senior High has the largest high school student body size in the St. Cloud Public School District. Racial makeup is: African American (46.6%), White (38.2%), Hispanic (6.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 65.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Technical Senior High is 17.5, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the St. Cloud Public School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Technical Senior High is $12,760, which is the lowest among 3 high schools in the St. Cloud Public School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Technical Senior High:

SchoolDigger ranks Technical Senior High 345th of 480 Minnesota public high schools. (See Technical Senior High in the ranking list.)

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St. Cloud Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks St. Cloud Public School District 349th of 463 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Technical Senior High

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Rank History for all students at Technical Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 75.89 104th 433 76.0%
2005 74.69 117th 452 74.1%
2006 76.70 105th 450 76.7%
2007 74.61 125th 463 73.0%
2008 74.37 136th 460 70.4%
2010 69.27 169th 540 68.7%
2011 65.88 217th 545 60.2%
2012 60.04 273rd 539 49.4%
2013 50.67 318th 534 40.4%
2014 60.76 220th 483 54.5%
2015 60.26 230th 504 54.4%
2016 51.51 279th 489 42.9%
2017 48.87 303rd 489 38.0%
2018 42.35 340th 494 31.2%
2019 42.84 321st 492 34.8%
2021 33.96 319th 428 25.5%
2022 28.68 356th 472 24.6%
2023 34.77 337th 476 29.2%
2024 32.15 345th 480 28.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Technical Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.45 48th 59 18.6%
2019 31.36 47th 66 28.8%
2021 25.02 40th 51 21.6%
2022 4.28 72nd 74 2.7%
2023 30.18 47th 64 26.6%
2024 15.01 68th 72 5.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Technical Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.38 63rd 78 19.2%
2019 33.88 56th 85 34.1%
2021 33.19 26th 47 44.7%
2022 27.53 72nd 87 17.2%
2023 47.89 32nd 90 64.4%
2024 35.49 67th 102 34.3%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Technical Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.81 108th 195 44.6%
2019 35.38 150th 220 31.8%
2021 39.80 109th 173 37.0%
2022 37.73 143rd 214 33.2%
2023 70.58 43rd 216 80.1%
2024 67.75 57th 221 74.2%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for Special Education Students!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Technical Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.94 313th 374 16.3%
2019 18.87 314th 370 15.1%
2021 21.97 232nd 270 14.1%
2022 20.45 260th 312 16.7%
2023 27.55 306th 393 22.1%
2024 26.39 310th 389 20.3%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Homeless students at Technical Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 64.63 2nd 12 83.3%
2024 77.94 2nd 9 77.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Technical Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.00 307th 395 22.3%
2019 30.27 311th 401 22.4%
2021 20.59 304th 339 10.3%
2022 17.02 336th 388 13.4%
2023 31.59 300th 396 24.2%
2024 21.47 328th 403 18.6%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Male students at Technical Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.23 300th 398 24.6%
2019 39.42 281st 411 31.6%
2021 35.73 254th 351 27.6%
2022 29.32 317th 403 21.3%
2023 28.70 310th 398 22.1%
2024 31.50 295th 405 27.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Technical Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.38 27th 76 64.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Technical Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.14 84th 106 20.8%
2019 17.23 92nd 103 10.7%
2021 15.48 63rd 68 7.4%
2022 14.95 96th 102 5.9%
2023 22.23 80th 98 18.4%
2024 29.01 78th 109 28.4%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Technical Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 76.73 23rd 132 82.6%
2021 74.01 22nd 101 78.2%
2022 65.64 33rd 135 75.6%
2023 45.93 69th 136 49.3%
2024 43.87 77th 145 46.9%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Technical Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.38 94th 414 77.3%
2019 76.04 75th 412 81.8%
2021 59.54 154th 364 57.7%
2022 60.39 164th 401 59.1%
2023 66.44 121st 398 69.6%
2024 52.39 197th 402 51.0%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Minnesota Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Technical Senior High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 2255 9 33 11 2 n/a n/a 0 2310
1989 2170 17 20 9 3 n/a n/a 0 2219
1990 2129 14 30 15 9 n/a n/a 0 2197
1991 1411 8 19 6 4 n/a n/a 0 1448
1992 1454 8 21 11 3 n/a n/a 0 1497
1993 1460 3 9 5 1 n/a n/a 0 1478
1994 1436 7 13 3 5 n/a n/a 0 1464
1995 1558 12 18 4 4 n/a n/a 0 1596
1996 1558 12 18 4 4 n/a n/a 0 1596
1997 1673 6 25 4 6 n/a n/a 0 1714
1998 1712 16 24 6 13 n/a n/a 0 1771
1999 1722 20 32 11 12 n/a n/a 0 1797
2000 1731 30 37 11 16 n/a n/a 0 1825
2001 1778 47 39 13 10 n/a n/a 0 1887
2002 1590 97 42 14 3 n/a n/a 0 1746
2003 1590 97 42 14 3 n/a n/a 0 1746
2004 1477 98 38 17 5 n/a n/a 0 1635
2005 1422 107 40 18 5 n/a n/a 0 1592
2006 1395 148 34 22 4 n/a n/a 0 1603
2007 1356 202 30 21 9 n/a n/a 0 1618
2008 1303 189 23 20 8 n/a n/a 0 1543
2009 1258 206 28 18 9 n/a n/a 0 1519
2010 1143 186 31 25 10 n/a n/a 0 1395
2011 1104 195 37 36 6 0 48 0 1426
2012 1066 203 33 37 6 0 47 0 1392
2013 1009 211 36 41 6 1 58 0 1362
2014 1003 252 42 40 10 0 55 0 1402
2015 945 333 39 44 11 0 53 0 1425
2016 850 423 45 43 7 0 59 0 1427
2017 822 523 43 41 11 0 53 0 1493
2018 769 606 36 53 8 0 56 0 1528
2019 733 643 33 65 8 3 58 0 1543
2020 719 682 32 77 6 2 71 0 1589
2021 652 704 20 82 5 0 78 0 1541
2022 628 718 18 75 7 0 91 0 1537
2023 600 707 23 87 6 0 92 0 1515
2024 587 717 22 102 9 2 99 0 1538

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Technical Senior High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2310 107.3 21.5 11.2
1989 2219 96.6 22.9 8.8
1990 2197 120.5 18.2 8.7
1991 1448 76.6 18.9 7.8
1992 1497 55.1 27.1 9.1
1993 1478 58.5 25.3 6.8
1994 1464 58.5 25.0 7.7
1995 1596 0.0 0.0 7.7
1996 1596 0.0 0.0 7.7
1997 1714 89.5 19.2 7.2
1998 1771 n/a 0.0 9.2
1999 1797 87.4 20.6 9.6
2000 1825 82.1 22.2 12.6
2001 1887 78.1 24.2 12.5
2002 1746 78.7 22.2 16.8
2003 1746 78.7 22.2 16.8
2004 1635 70.3 23.3 21.2
2005 1592 75.8 21.0 19.9
2006 1603 73.9 21.7 22
2007 1618 76.6 21.1 23.9
2008 1543 76.2 20.2 25.9
2009 1519 72.6 20.9 31.7
2010 1395 68.7 20.2 33.3
2011 1426 69.2 20.5 32.5
2012 1392 69.0 20.1 32.6
2013 1362 70.6 19.2 35.2
2014 1402 70.1 19.9 38.1
2015 1425 74.0 19.2 42.9
2016 1427 71.0 20.0 46.9
2017 1493 76.1 19.5 50
2018 1528 80.2 19.0 53.7
2019 1543 85.3 18.0 54.7
2020 1589 73.5 21.6 55.8
2021 1541 62.0 24.8 52.1
2022 1537 63.4 24.2 52.2
2023 1515 82.3 18.3 66.9
2024 1538 87.6 17.5 65.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Technical Senior High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2310 107.3 21.5 11.2
1989 2219 96.6 22.9 8.8
1990 2197 120.5 18.2 8.7
1991 1448 76.6 18.9 7.8
1992 1497 55.1 27.1 9.1
1993 1478 58.5 25.3 6.8
1994 1464 58.5 25.0 7.7
1995 1596 0.0 0.0 7.7
1996 1596 0.0 0.0 7.7
1997 1714 89.5 19.2 7.2
1998 1771 n/a 0.0 9.2
1999 1797 87.4 20.6 9.6
2000 1825 82.1 22.2 12.6
2001 1887 78.1 24.2 12.5
2002 1746 78.7 22.2 16.8
2003 1746 78.7 22.2 16.8
2004 1635 70.3 23.3 21.2
2005 1592 75.8 21.0 19.9
2006 1603 73.9 21.7 22
2007 1618 76.6 21.1 23.9
2008 1543 76.2 20.2 25.9
2009 1519 72.6 20.9 31.7
2010 1395 68.7 20.2 33.3
2011 1426 69.2 20.5 32.5
2012 1392 69.0 20.1 32.6
2013 1362 70.6 19.2 35.2
2014 1402 70.1 19.9 38.1
2015 1425 74.0 19.2 42.9
2016 1427 71.0 20.0 46.9
2017 1493 76.1 19.5 50
2018 1528 80.2 19.0 53.7
2019 1543 85.3 18.0 54.7
2020 1589 73.5 21.6 55.8
2021 1541 62.0 24.8 52.1
2022 1537 63.4 24.2 52.2
2023 1515 82.3 18.3 66.9
2024 1538 87.6 17.5 65.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Technical Senior High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $12,760

Data source: Minnesota Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Technical Senior High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 321st of 492 High schoolsRanks 337th of 476 High schools
 5.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
10th Grade Reading (Technical Senior High)45.141.1
 4%
   10th Grade Reading (St. Cloud Public School District)42.639.5
 3.1%
   10th Grade Reading (Minnesota)60.451.7
 8.7%
11th Grade Math (Technical Senior High)38.425.8
 12.6%
   11th Grade Math (St. Cloud Public School District)2920.8
 8.3%
   11th Grade Math (Minnesota)4536
 9%
End of Course Science (Technical Senior High)37.621.1
 16.6%
   End of Course Science (St. Cloud Public School District)38.227.2
 11%
   End of Course Science (Minnesota)54.441.8
 12.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students15431515
 1.8%
African American643707
 10%
American Indian86
 25%
Asian3323
 30.3%
Hispanic6587
 33.8%
Pacific Islander30
 100%
White733600
 18.1%
Two or More Races5892
 58.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients54.7%66.9%
 12.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Technical Senior High

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,538 students attended Technical Senior High.

Students at Technical Senior High are 47% African American, 38% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Technical Senior High ranks 345th of 480 Minnesota high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Technical Senior High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Clearview Elementary
Elementary : Discovery Community Elementary
Elementary : Oak Hill Community Elementary
Elementary : Talahi Community Elementary
Middle : South Junior High


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