Carlton School District

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).

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

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. "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. "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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