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Detroit Lakes Public School Dist.

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota · Public school district · #68 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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2,728

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,387

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Detroit Lakes Public School Dist. is a public school district based in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, serving 2,728 students in 14 schools. By enrollment it ranks #68 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 54% of them. Its schools average 195 students each, fewer than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $13,387 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Detroit Lakes Public School Dist. compares

Detroit Lakes Public School Dist.Minnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,387

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

Instruction spending per student$8,669

Minnesota median $8,231 · 5% above · FY2020-21

Students per school195

Minnesota median 381 · 49% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Minnesota median 15.4 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor390

Minnesota median 558 · 30% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$46.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 66%Local 23%

Measure	Detroit Lakes Public School Dist.	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,387	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,669	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$66.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$46.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	199	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	425	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	390	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
Detroit Lakes Public School Dist.Detroit Lakes · this district	2,728	14	$13,387	13.7	#68
Hutchinson Public School DistrictHutchinson	2,722	10	$11,593	15.4	#69
Fridley Public School DistrictFridley	2,712	11	$14,914	11.9	#70
North Branch Area Public SchoolsNorth Branch	2,704	7	$11,672	17.7	#71
Marshall Public School DistrictMarshall	2,664	7	$13,108	13.0	#72

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Highland CUSD 5Highland, IL	2,730	$13,147	13.7
Crawfordsville Community SchoolsCrawfordsville, IN	2,730	$10,503	14.8
Wayland Union SchoolsWayland, MI	2,729	$11,456	14.8
Eastport-South Manor CSDManorville, NY	2,729	$26,593	11.1

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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