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Anoka-Hennepin School District

Anoka, Minnesota · Public school district · #1 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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38,354

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,430

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

15.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Anoka-Hennepin School District is a public school district based in Anoka, Minnesota, serving 38,354 students in 53 schools. By enrollment it ranks #1 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, making it the largest in the state. Its schools average 724 students each, more than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $13,430 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.1 students per teacher.

How Anoka-Hennepin compares

Anoka-HennepinMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,430

Minnesota median $12,893 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$9,084

Minnesota median $8,231 · 10% above · FY2020-21

Students per school724

Minnesota median 381 · 90% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.1

Minnesota median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor738

Minnesota median 558 · 32% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$594.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 69%Local 24%

Measure	Anoka-Hennepin	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,430	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,084	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$640.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$594.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,539	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	5,238	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.1	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	738	558	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Minnesota median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Minnesota

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Anoka-Hennepin School DistrictAnoka · this district	38,354	53	$13,430	15.1	#1
Saint Paul Public SchoolsSaint Paul	33,041	88	$17,834	14.8	#2
Minneapolis Public SchoolsMinneapolis	29,928	96	$18,090	11.9	#3
Rosemount-Apple Valley-EaganRosemount	29,224	40	$13,182	15.5	#4
Osseo Public School DistrictMaple Grove	21,138	34	$14,717	15.5	#5

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Aurora Public SchoolsAurora, CO	38,702	$14,853	16.6
Alief ISDHouston, TX	38,610	$11,913	13.6
Riverside UnifiedRiverside, CA	38,033	$13,951	23.3
Irvine UnifiedIrvine, CA	38,028	$13,060	26.6

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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