District profile / Minnesota

Forest Lake Public School District

Forest Lake, Minnesota · Public school district · #35 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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5,776

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,120

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

19.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Forest Lake Public School District is a public school district based in Forest Lake, Minnesota, serving 5,776 students in 15 schools. By enrollment it ranks #35 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 77% of them. Its schools average 385 students each, about the same as the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $13,120 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 19.3 students per teacher.

How Forest Lake compares

Forest LakeMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,120

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

Instruction spending per student$7,385

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

Students per school385

Minnesota median 381 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher19.3

Minnesota median 15.4 · 25% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$98.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 59%Local 34%

Measure	Forest Lake	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,120	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,385	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$100.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$98.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	299	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	778	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	19.3	15.4	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
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
Forest Lake Public School DistrictForest Lake · this district	5,776	15	$13,120	19.3	#35
West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-EaganMendota Heights	5,452	14	$14,548	14.8	#36
Austin Public School DistrictAustin	5,385	13	$14,097	15.1	#37

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Post Falls DistrictPost Falls, ID	5,779	$8,223	20.1
Kuna Joint DistrictKuna, ID	5,778	$7,709	18.6
WalthamWaltham, MA	5,777	$24,976	10.2
PeabodyPeabody, MA	5,774	$17,037	12.3

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-forest-lake-public-school-district