District profile / Minnesota

Eastern Carver County Public School

Chaska, Minnesota · Public school district · #18 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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9,274

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,752

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

16.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Eastern Carver County Public School is a public school district based in Chaska, Minnesota, serving 9,274 students in 24 schools. By enrollment it ranks #18 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 88% of them. Its schools average 386 students each, about the same as the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $12,752 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.9 students per teacher.

How Eastern Carver County Public School compares

Eastern Carver County Public SchoolMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,752

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

Instruction spending per student$8,144

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

Students per school386

Minnesota median 381 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.9

Minnesota median 15.4 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor464

Minnesota median 558 · 17% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$168.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 6%State 55%Local 39%

Measure	Eastern Carver County Public School	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,752	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,144	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$150.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$168.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	548	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,389	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.9	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	464	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
Eden Prairie Public School DistrictEden Prairie	9,292	12	$13,978	14.7	#17
Eastern Carver County Public SchoolChaska · this district	9,274	24	$12,752	16.9	#18
Edina Public School DistrictEdina	8,794	15	$13,290	16.4	#19
Prior Lake-Savage Area SchoolsPrior Lake	8,788	14	$11,391	17.7	#20
Duluth Public School DistrictDuluth	8,723	30	$12,822	13.8	#21

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Alameda UnifiedAlameda, CA	9,292	$14,060	23.6
Widefield School District 3Colorado Springs, CO	9,290	$10,683	16.1
Sheboygan Area School DistrictSheboygan, WI	9,285	$13,202	13.7
ColliervilleCollierville, TN	9,263	$10,401	n/a

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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