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Minnetonka Public School District

Minnetonka, Minnesota · Public school district · #12 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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11,323

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,584

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 5% above the Minnesota median

15.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Minnetonka Public School District is a public school district based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, serving 11,323 students in 14 schools. By enrollment it ranks #12 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 92% of them. Its schools average 809 students each, more than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $13,584 per student on day-to-day operations, 5% more than the Minnesota median. It has roughly 15.7 students per teacher.

How Minnetonka compares

MinnetonkaMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,584

Minnesota median $12,893 · 5% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$9,926

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

Students per school809

Minnesota median 381 · 112% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.7

Minnesota median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor472

Minnesota median 558 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$180.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 56%Local 39%

Measure	Minnetonka	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,584	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,926	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$183.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$180.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	722	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,387	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.7	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	472	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
Lakeville Area SchoolsLakeville	12,025	22	$13,697	16.9	#10
Mounds View Public School DistrictShoreview	11,934	28	$13,288	16.2	#11
Minnetonka Public School DistrictMinnetonka · this district	11,323	14	$13,584	15.7	#12
Robbinsdale Public School DistrictNew Hope	10,810	28	$14,745	15.8	#13
North St. Paul-Maplewood OakdaleNorth Saint Paul	10,754	22	$14,450	17.0	#14

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bellingham School DistrictBellingham, WA	11,337	$15,475	17.4
Penn-Harris-Madison School CorporationMishawaka, IN	11,329	$8,919	18.4
Palatine CCSD 15Palatine, IL	11,321	$16,859	13.5
Santa FeSanta Fe, NM	11,299	$11,667	13.3

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.

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