Original Research by School Decision on Cross River Charter School
Cross River Charter School was a Minnesota charter district that served a single elementary school in Saint Paul Park. The district is no longer operational. Publicly reported information from the state education agency confirms that Cross River Charter began serving students in the 2021-2022 school year and ceased operations after the 2022-2023 school year. The Minnesota Department of Education lists the organization as not active. For any family looking at this area, the school is not an available option.
Because the district operated for only two years and has since closed, the available data is extremely thin. State testing results from its single year of testing, 2021-2022, are almost entirely suppressed. In third-grade math, reading, and fifth-grade science, the participation rate was reported at a level that makes the scores unreliable for public reporting. In fourth and fifth grade math and reading, and in fourth-grade reading, the number of students tested was so small that proficiency rates were suppressed to protect student privacy. In every tested subject and grade, the state suppressed the proficiency rate. A parent looking at these results cannot draw any conclusion about academic performance from them.
The district's enrollment and demographic data are entirely missing from the record. No total enrollment, no breakdown by race or ethnicity, no counts of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, no information on students with disabilities or English learners. The directory information shows the district served a grade span of "M through M," a notation that typically signals a nonstandard grade configuration or a school that did not neatly fit the typical K-12 categories, but specific grades are not stated in the available data. The single school listed under the district, Cross River Charter, is marked as closed in the national school directory.
No information was available on programs offered, such as Advanced Placement, career and technical education pathways, or dual-credit options. There is no data on discipline, staffing ratios, attendance rates, or civil rights outcomes. The community and economic context for the area was not provided in the record, and there is no comparison to neighboring districts. The district brief, drawn from public sources, is the clearest signal available: the school opened, operated briefly, and closed.
For a resident or parent reviewing this district, the essential fact is that it no longer exists. The academic record is too sparse to assess, and the context that would help a family understand what kind of experience the school offered is absent. If you are looking for a school in Saint Paul Park, you will need to turn to other public, charter, or private options in the area. Cross River Charter School is not one of them.
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