Early Childhood/Family Education, Preschool, Kindergarten

The Sibley East School District maintains a new, state of the art early years education facility in Arlington.

Early Grades Site in Arlington

The Sibley East Schools maintains early grades specialty schools for grades 1-4 in both Arlington and nearby Gaylord.

Upper Elementary Grade Site

Grades 5 and 6 are served in the remodeled specialty site in Gaylord.

Sibley East Junior High School

The Sibley East Junior High School is also in Gaylord, seven minutes west of Arlington.

Sibley East High School (507) 964-2292

Sibley East Senior High School is located in Arlington.

Grades                             Professional Staff to Student Ratios

K-6                                          1 to 17.6

7-12                                         1 to 16.5

An Average of 69% of Sibley East graduates enroll in post-secondary institutions for further training.

Extracurriculars

Extensive Extracurriculars are offered beginning in grade seven.  The history of the two school districts indicates a pattern of success in many of the arts and in athletics.  One or the other of the previous high schools, Arlington-Green Isle or Gaylord, produced state champions or competitors in the following areas:  dramatics, declamation, football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, track, and wrestling.  Since the recent pairing Sibley East has been the state baseball champion twice, placed third in state basketball, placed individuals in state speech competition, and has produced a state individual champion in track and field.

Community Education

A broad Community Education program for all ages complements the ECFE-grade 12 public school program.  Various activities such as indoor aquatics, aerobics, college and general interest courses, tours, etc.

 

 

Charter Schools

Green Isle Community School

(507) 326-7144

www.greenislecommunityschool.org

 

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran School

(507) 964-2397

http://school.stpaularlington.com/

St. Paul Lutheran School has served Arlington for over 130 years of Christ-centered education.  Small class sizes, caring staff, traditional style, and computer technology integration makes St. Paul a benificial place to educate children ages PreK-8th grade.

The school has many extracurricular activities available in athletics and the arts.

St. Paul warmly welcomes students from families without a church home and those from other church bodies.

 

Colleges, universities, and technical colleges located within a 100 mile radius of Arlington include:

 

Universities                                                     Mileage

Minnesota State University Mankato          45

University of Minnesota                            60

St. Thomas                                             65

Hamline                                                  65

Augsburg                                                 60

St. Cloud State                                         76

Southwest State                                       100

Colleges                                                             Mileage

Crown                                                      30

St. Olaf                                                    50

Carlton                                                     50

Normandale                                              50

Bethel                                                      65

St. Catherine                                             65

Concordia                                                  65

Macalester                                                 65

Technical Colleges                                              Mileage

Hutchinson (Ridgewater)                               28

South Central (Mankato)                              45

Faribault                                                     48

South Hennepin                                           50

St. Paul                                                       65

St. Cloud                                                     76