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Public School
Title 1
Data about Title 1 status comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
Pre-K - 5 Grades Served
572 Students
36 Teachers
700 7th St SContact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and Ðǿմ«Ã½ updates our site ahead of each school year.
Waite Park, MN 56387
About this school
Discovery Community Elementary School is
a suburban public school
in Waite Park, Minnesota that is part of St Cloud Independent School District 742.
It serves 572 students
in Pre-K - 5
with a student/teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
Its teachers have had 210 projects funded on Ðǿմ«Ã½.
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Discovery Community Elementary School Demographics
95%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
71%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.
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Last updated Aug 1, 2025
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Discovery Community Elementary School
$87,553
raised using Ðǿմ«Ã½
210
projects
funded
45
teachers
funded
526
donors
26
projects
for
basic supplies
23
projects for
technology
35
projects for
books
4
projects
for
art supplies
Discovery Community Elementary School has received support from
370 individuals from Minnesota and
156 individuals out-of-state.
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