District profile / Minnesota

Luverne Public School District

Luverne, Minnesota · Public school district · #131 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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1,142

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,945

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

12.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Luverne Public School District is a public school district based in Luverne, Minnesota, serving 1,142 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #131 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 11% of them. Its schools average 228 students each, fewer than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $12,945 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.0 students per teacher.

How Luverne compares

LuverneMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,945

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

Instruction spending per student$9,144

Minnesota median $8,231 · 11% above · FY2020-21

Students per school228

Minnesota median 381 · 40% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.0

Minnesota median 15.4 · 22% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor571

Minnesota median 558 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$18.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 71%Local 22%

Measure	Luverne	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,945	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,144	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$29.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$18.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	95	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	186	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.0	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	571	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
St. James Public School DistrictSaint James	1,143	4	$13,512	14.1	#130
Luverne Public School DistrictLuverne · this district	1,142	5	$12,945	12.0	#131
Crookston Public School DistrictCrookston	1,140	5	$13,198	13.0	#132
Pipestone Area School DistrictPipestone	1,138	4	$13,024	13.2	#133
Cass Lake-Bena Public SchoolsCass Lake	1,119	4	$19,548	10.7	#134

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Winslow SchoolsWinslow, ME	1,143	$17,012	12.2
Lake City Area School DistrictLake City, MI	1,142	$11,491	15.9
Florence ISDFlorence, TX	1,142	$12,764	12.4
Tomahawk School DistrictTomahawk, WI	1,142	$14,749	13.0

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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