“Excellence is Our Tradition” because we are dedicated to increasing academic achievement for all students while maintaining sound fiscal practices. A strategic direction is to prioritize expenditures to efficiently allocate resources to programs and instruction essential to improving student achievement. Indicators of success are:

• STMA student achievement ranks in the top 13% in Minnesota while STMA revenue per pupil ranks in the bottom 5%.
• School Board policy requires the district to maintain a minimum of 12.5% equal to its expenditures in reserve compared to the current 28.35%, above the state average.