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Sauk Centre Public School District

Sauk Centre, Minnesota · Public school district · #136 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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1,104

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,694

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

12.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Sauk Centre Public School District is a public school district based in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, serving 1,104 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #136 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 8% of them. Its schools average 368 students each, about the same as the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $12,694 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.8 students per teacher.

How Sauk Centre compares

Sauk CentreMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,694

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

Instruction spending per student$8,921

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

Students per school368

Minnesota median 381 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.8

Minnesota median 15.4 · 17% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor1,104

Minnesota median 558 · 98% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$16.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 66%Local 26%

Measure	Sauk Centre	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,694	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,921	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$14.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$16.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	86	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	177	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.8	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	1,104	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
Redwood Area School DistrictRedwood Falls	1,113	4	$12,829	12.8	#135
Sauk Centre Public School DistrictSauk Centre · this district	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
Jackson County Central School Dist.Jackson	1,093	4	$12,359	14.8	#139

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Saint Helena UnifiedSt. Helena, CA	1,105	$31,620	13.5
Wendell DistrictWendell, ID	1,104	$8,530	17.8
Dawson-Bryant LocalCoal Grove, OH	1,104	$13,932	16.7
Tonasket School DistrictTonasket, WA	1,104	$14,937	16.5

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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