District profile / Minnesota

Bloomington Public Schools

Bloomington, Minnesota · Public school district · #15 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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10,442

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,557

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 21% above the Minnesota median

14.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Bloomington Public Schools is a public school district based in Bloomington, Minnesota, serving 10,442 students in 25 schools. By enrollment it ranks #15 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 90% of them. Its schools average 418 students each, about the same as the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $15,557 per student on day-to-day operations, 21% more than the Minnesota median. It has roughly 14.6 students per teacher.

How Bloomington compares

BloomingtonMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,557

Minnesota median $12,893 · 21% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$10,839

Minnesota median $8,231 · 32% above · FY2020-21

Students per school418

Minnesota median 381 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.6

Minnesota median 15.4 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor475

Minnesota median 558 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$197.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 58%Local 34%

Measure	Bloomington	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,557	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,839	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$190.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$197.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	714	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,711	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.6	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	475	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
Minnetonka Public School DistrictMinnetonka	11,323	14	$13,584	15.7	#12
Robbinsdale Public School DistrictNew Hope	10,810	28	$14,745	15.8	#13
North St. Paul-Maplewood OakdaleNorth Saint Paul	10,754	22	$14,450	17.0	#14
Bloomington Public SchoolsBloomington · this district	10,442	25	$15,557	14.6	#15
St. Cloud Public School DistrictWaite Park	9,940	27	$14,433	13.5	#16

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Wilson County SchoolsWilson, NC	10,451	$10,619	16.2
Marysville Joint UnifiedMarysville, CA	10,446	$13,060	21.8
LawrenceLawrence, KS	10,443	$11,354	14.4
St. JosephSt Joseph, MO	10,430	$11,027	13.0

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-mn-bloomington-public-schools