District profile / Minnesota

Rochester Public School District

Rochester, Minnesota · Public school district · #7 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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17,171

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,420

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

Size rank in Minnesota

of 147 districts listed

Rochester Public School District is a public school district based in Rochester, Minnesota, serving 17,171 students in 47 schools. By enrollment it ranks #7 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 96% of them. Its schools average 365 students each, about the same as the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $13,420 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Rochester compares

RochesterMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,420

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

Instruction spending per student$8,770

Minnesota median $8,231 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Students per school365

Minnesota median 381 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$285.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 65%Local 27%

Measure	Rochester	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,420	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,770	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$330.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$285.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,152	n/a	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
Osseo Public School DistrictMaple Grove	21,138	34	$14,717	15.5	#5
South Washington County SchoolsCottage Grove	19,578	29	$12,973	16.9	#6
Rochester Public School DistrictRochester · this district	17,171	47	$13,420	n/a	#7
Elk River Public School DistrictElk River	14,577	28	$11,853	20.2	#8
Wayzata Public School DistrictPlymouth	12,951	21	$13,766	17.4	#9

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Wayne County Public SchoolsGoldsboro, NC	17,150	$10,063	18.1
Lexington 05Irmo, SC	17,053	$14,333	11.8
Francis Howell R-IIIO'Fallon, MO	17,047	$12,197	14.9
Edison Township School DistrictEdison, NJ	17,032	$17,589	13.7

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-mn-rochester-public-school-district