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Cloquet Public School District

Cloquet, Minnesota · Public school district · #73 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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2,529

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,155

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

15.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Cloquet Public School District is a public school district based in Cloquet, Minnesota, serving 2,529 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #73 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 51% of them. Its schools average 316 students each, fewer than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $13,155 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.8 students per teacher.

How Cloquet compares

CloquetMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,155

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

Instruction spending per student$9,033

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

Students per school316

Minnesota median 381 · 17% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.8

Minnesota median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor361

Minnesota median 558 · 35% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$45.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 70%Local 22%

Measure	Cloquet	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,155	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,033	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$42.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$45.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	160	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	363	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.8	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	361	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
Cloquet Public School DistrictCloquet · this district	2,529	8	$13,155	15.8	#73
Winona Area Public School DistrictWinona	2,465	9	$15,068	13.8	#74
Delano Public School DistrictDelano	2,457	3	$11,633	18.5	#75
Westonka Public School DistrictMinnetrista	2,442	6	$12,789	15.4	#76
Little Falls Community SchoolsLittle Falls	2,424	7	$13,244	13.5	#77

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
SudburySudbury, MA	2,529	$21,877	10.9
Trotwood-Madison CityTrotwood, OH	2,529	$16,744	18.6
Watertown School DistrictWatertown, CT	2,528	$21,870	11.9
Hamilton Community SchoolsHamilton, MI	2,528	$12,288	16.6

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.

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