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South St. Paul Public School District

South Saint Paul, Minnesota · Public school district · #67 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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2,861

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,284

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

13.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

South St. Paul Public School District is a public school district based in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving 2,861 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #67 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 55% of them. Its schools average 409 students each, about the same as the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $13,284 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.2 students per teacher.

How South St. Paul compares

South St. PaulMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,284

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

Instruction spending per student$8,843

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

Students per school409

Minnesota median 381 · 7% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.2

Minnesota median 15.4 · 14% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor477

Minnesota median 558 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$50.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 69%Local 24%

Measure	South St. Paul	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,284	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,843	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$51.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$50.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	217	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	504	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.2	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	477	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
Orono Public School DistrictLong Lake	2,987	7	$14,183	17.4	#65
Becker Public School DistrictBecker	2,877	5	$11,801	16.3	#66
South St. Paul Public School DistrictSouth Saint Paul · this district	2,861	7	$13,284	13.2	#67
Detroit Lakes Public School Dist.Detroit Lakes	2,728	14	$13,387	13.7	#68
Hutchinson Public School DistrictHutchinson	2,722	10	$11,593	15.4	#69

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Owosso Public SchoolsOwosso, MI	2,863	$11,047	16.5
Greene County SchoolsSnow Hill, NC	2,863	$13,474	14.0
St Helens School District 502St Helens, OR	2,863	$12,081	18.6
Whitefish Bay School DistrictWhitefish Bay, WI	2,861	$11,723	16.0

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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