Carlton School District
Address
405 School Avenue
Carlton
, Minnesota, 55718
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12[1]
NCES District ID2707590[1]
Students and staff
Students398[1]
Teachers34.21[1]
Staff33.89[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.63[1]
Other information
Websitewww.carlton.k12.mn.us

Carlton Independent School District 93, also known as Carlton School District or Carlton Public Schools, is a school district headquartered in Carlton, Minnesota. It operates two schools: South Terrace Elementary School (PK-5) and Carlton High School (6-12).

Entirely in Carlton County, it serves most of Carlton, much of Big Lake, and a small section of Cloquet.[2]

History

The District #15 district was created on a date prior to February 2, 1913, and merged with Wrenshall at around this time period. Circa 1951 it became District #2 as it merged with the Sawyer district. It received its current formal name circa 1957.[3]

In 2019 the Carlton district and the Wrenshall School District were in talks on the possibility of consolidating.[4] By September 2020 a study was released stating that if Carlton and Wrenshall consolidated, the taxpayer in the former Carlton zone would pay two and one half times the rate that a Wrenshall zone taxpayer would.[5] Some legislation that would have facilitated the merger was, in 2020, not passed by the Minnesota Legislature.[6] Additionally the compositions of the school boards changed.[7]

The two school boards chose not to hold further discussions on consolidation after February 2021.[8] That month Carlton began discussing with Cloquet Public Schools the possibility of an agreement to send high school students to Cloquet.[9] The Carlton district was also working on its own referendum for new facilities.[10]

On June 21, 2021, the Carlton School Board stated that it no longer wished to consolidate with Wrenshall and that it was considering using the South Terrace campus as a single K-12 site and/or consolidating with the Cloquet or Barnum school districts.[11] Carlton, in July 2021, was still negotiating with Cloquet.[12]

Student body

As of 2021 it had about 500 students, with about 33% being eligible for free or reduced price lunches and 16% of students having Native American ancestry.[3]

Athletics

The Carlton and Wrensall school districts have a shared athletics team. By August 2021 the fact that Carlton was now in negotiations with Cloquet over a tuition agreement could impact the Carlton-Wrensall team.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for CARLTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Carlton County, MN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "About". Carlton School District. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Community, Parent/Guardian and Staff Input Wanted". Carlton School District. December 26, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  5. ↑ Malcomb, Jamey (September 3, 2020). "School consolidation would cost Carlton taxpayers more, study finds". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Carlton School Board faces 'stark choices' about the school district's future". Pine Journal. October 28, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  7. ↑ Malcomb, Jamey (December 31, 2020). "Carlton-Wrenshall school consolidation remains uncertain". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Carlton, Wrenshall officials pause school consolidation talks". Pine Journal. February 17, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Izabel (February 24, 2021). "Cloquet, Carlton schools explore tuition agreement, future plans". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  10. ↑ Malcomb, Jamey (February 2, 2021). "Officials work on 2021 'game plan' for Carlton School District's future". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  11. ↑ Malcomb, Jamey (June 22, 2021). "Consolidation with Wrenshall off the table in Carlton". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  12. ↑ Malcomb, Jamey (July 21, 2021). "Carlton, Cloquet to continue tuition agreement talks". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  13. ↑ Malcomb, Jamey (August 3, 2021). "Wrenshall School Board discusses student athletics in light of Carlton-Cloquet tuition agreement talks". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021. - Alternate link at Yahoo! News
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