District profile / Minnesota

Centennial Public School District

Circle Pines, Minnesota · Public school district · #30 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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6,851

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,262

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

18.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Centennial Public School District is a public school district based in Circle Pines, Minnesota, serving 6,851 students in 18 schools. By enrollment it ranks #30 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 80% of them. Its schools average 381 students each, about the same as the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $12,262 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 18.7 students per teacher.

How Centennial compares

CentennialMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,262

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

Instruction spending per student$8,337

Minnesota median $8,231 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school381

Minnesota median 381 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.7

Minnesota median 15.4 · 21% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor979

Minnesota median 558 · 75% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$111.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 63%Local 30%

Measure	Centennial	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,262	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,337	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$98.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$111.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	367	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	810	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.7	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	979	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
Roseville Public School DistrictRoseville	7,256	17	$14,334	15.5	#28
Hopkins Public School DistrictHopkins	7,129	16	$14,566	14.3	#29
Centennial Public School DistrictCircle Pines · this district	6,851	18	$12,262	18.7	#30
St. Michael-Albertville SchoolsAlbertville	6,795	12	$10,934	17.6	#31
Farmington Public School DistrictFarmington	6,458	12	$11,407	15.4	#32

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Willoughby-Eastlake CityEastlake, OH	6,861	$13,624	15.3
Tredyffrin-Easttown School DistrictWayne, PA	6,856	$18,195	14.0
Byers School District No. 32JByers, CO	6,853	$7,570	41.3
Altoona Area School DistrictAltoona, PA	6,852	$13,804	12.9

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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