“Excellence is Our Tradition” because we are dedicated to increasing academic achievement for all students while maintaining sound fiscal practices. The 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 5% in Minnesota while STMA revenue per pupil ranks last, 330th of 330 school districts.
• School Board policy requires the district to maintain a minimum of 12% equal to its expenditures in reserve compared to the current 16%.