District profile / Minnesota

Farmington Public School District

Farmington, Minnesota · Public school district · #32 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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6,458

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,407

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 12% below the Minnesota median

15.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Farmington Public School District is a public school district based in Farmington, Minnesota, serving 6,458 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #32 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 79% of them. Its schools average 538 students each, more than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $11,407 per student on day-to-day operations, 12% less than the Minnesota median. It has roughly 15.4 students per teacher.

How Farmington compares

FarmingtonMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,407

Minnesota median $12,893 · 12% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,787

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

Students per school538

Minnesota median 381 · 41% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.4

Minnesota median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor404

Minnesota median 558 · 28% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$115.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 66%Local 29%

Measure	Farmington	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,407	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,787	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$102.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$115.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	419	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	799	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.4	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	404	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
Centennial Public School DistrictCircle Pines	6,851	18	$12,262	18.7	#30
St. Michael-Albertville SchoolsAlbertville	6,795	12	$10,934	17.6	#31
Farmington Public School DistrictFarmington · this district	6,458	12	$11,407	15.4	#32
Spring Lake Park Public SchoolsSpring Lake Park	6,113	15	$11,346	16.3	#33
Brainerd Public School DistrictBrainerd	6,079	14	$13,036	14.9	#34

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Neenah Joint School DistrictNeenah, WI	6,473	$11,596	15.4
Bloomfield Township School DistrictBloomfield, NJ	6,468	$18,847	11.7
MethuenMethuen, MA	6,464	$15,829	12.7
Fond du Lac School DistrictFond du Lac, WI	6,457	$13,384	13.4

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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