District profile / Minnesota

Robbinsdale Public School District

New Hope, Minnesota · Public school district · #13 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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10,810

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,745

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 14% above the Minnesota median

15.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Robbinsdale Public School District is a public school district based in New Hope, Minnesota, serving 10,810 students in 28 schools. By enrollment it ranks #13 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 92% of them. Its schools average 386 students each, about the same as the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $14,745 per student on day-to-day operations, 14% more than the Minnesota median. It has roughly 15.8 students per teacher.

How Robbinsdale compares

RobbinsdaleMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,745

Minnesota median $12,893 · 14% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$9,432

Minnesota median $8,231 · 15% above · FY2020-21

Students per school386

Minnesota median 381 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.8

Minnesota median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor400

Minnesota median 558 · 28% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$224.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 58%Local 33%

Measure	Robbinsdale	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,745	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,432	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$213.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$224.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	683	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,913	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.8	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	400	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
Minnetonka Public School DistrictMinnetonka	11,323	14	$13,584	15.7	#12
Robbinsdale Public School DistrictNew Hope · this district	10,810	28	$14,745	15.8	#13
North St. Paul-Maplewood OakdaleNorth Saint Paul	10,754	22	$14,450	17.0	#14
Bloomington Public SchoolsBloomington	10,442	25	$15,557	14.6	#15
St. Cloud Public School DistrictWaite Park	9,940	27	$14,433	13.5	#16

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Fauquier County Public SchoolsWarrenton, VA	10,861	$14,775	13.2
Bayonne School DistrictBayonne, NJ	10,825	$18,383	12.0
Iberia ParishNew Iberia, LA	10,768	$11,283	13.9
FarmingtonFarmington, NM	10,768	$10,574	15.8

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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