District profile / Minnesota

Redwood Area School District

Redwood Falls, Minnesota · Public school district · #135 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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1,113

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,829

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

12.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Redwood Area School District is a public school district based in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, serving 1,113 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #135 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 8% of them. Its schools average 278 students each, fewer than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $12,829 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.8 students per teacher.

How Redwood Area compares

Redwood AreaMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,829

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

Instruction spending per student$7,456

Minnesota median $8,231 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Students per school278

Minnesota median 381 · 27% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.8

Minnesota median 15.4 · 17% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor556

Minnesota median 558 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$19.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 66%Local 21%

Measure	Redwood Area	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,829	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,456	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$16.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$19.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	87	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	181	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.8	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
Cass Lake-Bena Public SchoolsCass Lake	1,119	4	$19,548	10.7	#134
Redwood Area School DistrictRedwood Falls · this district	1,113	4	$12,829	12.8	#135
Sauk Centre Public School DistrictSauk Centre	1,104	3	$12,694	12.8	#136
Roseau Public School DistrictRoseau	1,101	3	$11,827	14.7	#137
Holdingford Public School DistrictHoldingford	1,098	2	$10,748	16.9	#138

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bellwood-Antis School DistrictBellwood, PA	1,114	$14,311	11.4
Florence 02Pamplico, SC	1,114	$12,618	14.3
DouglasDouglas, MA	1,113	$17,874	10.8
Laingsburg Community SchoolsLaingsburg, MI	1,112	$9,508	15.9

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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