District profile / Minnesota

Edina Public School District

Edina, Minnesota · Public school district · #19 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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8,794

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,290

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

16.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Edina Public School District is a public school district based in Edina, Minnesota, serving 8,794 students in 15 schools. By enrollment it ranks #19 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 88% of them. Its schools average 586 students each, more than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $13,290 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.4 students per teacher.

How Edina compares

EdinaMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,290

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

Instruction spending per student$9,385

Minnesota median $8,231 · 14% above · FY2020-21

Students per school586

Minnesota median 381 · 54% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.4

Minnesota median 15.4 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor550

Minnesota median 558 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$153.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 53%Local 43%

Measure	Edina	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,290	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,385	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$160.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$153.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	537	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,265	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.4	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	550	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
Edina Public School DistrictEdina · this district	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
White Bear Lake School DistrictWhite Bear Lake	8,571	24	$13,871	16.1	#22
Stillwater Area Public SchoolsStillwater	8,455	16	$13,952	17.7	#23

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Ferguson-Florissant R-IIHazelwood, MO	8,809	$13,458	15.7
Darlington 01Darlington, SC	8,793	$13,666	13.0
Middletown Township Public School DistrictLeonardo, NJ	8,791	$21,127	11.5
Wasatch DistrictHeber City, UT	8,780	$9,473	22.4

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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