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Red Wing Public School District

Red Wing, Minnesota · Public school district · #82 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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2,225

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,234

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 10% above the Minnesota median

14.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Red Wing Public School District is a public school district based in Red Wing, Minnesota, serving 2,225 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #82 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 45% of them. Its schools average 318 students each, fewer than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $14,234 per student on day-to-day operations, 10% more than the Minnesota median. It has roughly 14.5 students per teacher.

How Red Wing compares

Red WingMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,234

Minnesota median $12,893 · 10% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,927

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

Students per school318

Minnesota median 381 · 17% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.5

Minnesota median 15.4 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor556

Minnesota median 558 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$46.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 56%Local 35%

Measure	Red Wing	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,234	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,927	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$42.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$46.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	153	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	340	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.5	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	556	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
Rock Ridge Public SchoolsVirginia	2,288	5	$13,259	16.0	#80
Hibbing Public School DistrictHibbing	2,232	6	$15,179	16.4	#81
Red Wing Public School DistrictRed Wing · this district	2,225	7	$14,234	14.5	#82
Brooklyn Center Community SchoolsBrooklyn Center	2,174	11	$14,787	13.7	#83
Kasson-Mantorville School DistrictKasson	2,152	3	$10,021	15.7	#84

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lewis County SchoolsWeston, WV	2,226	$12,736	15.0
Hendrick Hudson Central School DistrictMontrose, NY	2,225	$32,528	9.9
Chickasha Public SchoolsChickasha, OK	2,225	$11,293	15.6
Nuview UnionNuevo, CA	2,224	$12,471	24.4

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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