Best Student-Teacher Ratios: How Stillwater Area High School Performs

STILLWATER, MN — When it comes to high school class sizes, the smaller they are, the better.

A better student-teacher ratio means that students are less likely to be "just a number" in the classroom.

Stillwater Area High School performs highly in this category. According to Niche, a data and analytics website, Stillwater has 2,730 students in grades 9-12 and has a student-teacher ratio of 27 to 1.

That's above the national average of 17:1, but still respectable for the large school.

Nearby East Ridge High School has a ratio of 41 to 1, while Eastview High School has a ratio of 21 to 1, Niche states. The Math and Science Academy of Woodbury has a ratio of 18 to 1.

Woodbury Senior High School has a student-teacher ratio of 43:1.

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