District profile / Minnesota

Minnewaska School District

Glenwood, Minnesota · Public school district · #120 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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1,324

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,245

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

14.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Minnewaska School District is a public school district based in Glenwood, Minnesota, serving 1,324 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #120 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 18% of them. Its schools average 189 students each, fewer than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $13,245 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.5 students per teacher.

How Minnewaska compares

MinnewaskaMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,245

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

Instruction spending per student$9,301

Minnesota median $8,231 · 13% above · FY2020-21

Students per school189

Minnesota median 381 · 50% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.5

Minnesota median 15.4 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor662

Minnesota median 558 · 19% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$22.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 69%Local 23%

Measure	Minnewaska	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,245	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,301	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$20.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$22.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	91	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	204	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.5	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	662	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
Minnewaska School DistrictGlenwood · this district	1,324	7	$13,245	14.5	#120
Pillager Public School DistrictPillager	1,324	3	$11,599	14.5	#121
Melrose Public School DistrictMelrose	1,313	3	$12,602	14.8	#122
Howard Lake-Waverly-WinstedHoward Lake	1,312	7	$12,730	16.6	#123
Esko Public School DistrictEsko	1,287	2	$9,789	16.9	#124

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bowling Green R-IBowling Green, MO	1,325	$10,886	13.0
Potsdam Central School DistrictPotsdam, NY	1,325	$21,926	12.6
Schuylerville Central School DistrictSchuylerville, NY	1,325	$22,326	10.6
Hartford UHS School DistrictHartford, WI	1,324	$15,486	16.8

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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