District profile / Minnesota

Spring Lake Park Public Schools

Spring Lake Park, Minnesota · Public school district · #33 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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6,113

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,346

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 12% below the Minnesota median

16.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Spring Lake Park Public Schools is a public school district based in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, serving 6,113 students in 15 schools. By enrollment it ranks #33 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 78% of them. Its schools average 408 students each, about the same as the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $11,346 per student on day-to-day operations, 12% less than the Minnesota median. It has roughly 16.3 students per teacher.

How Spring Lake Park compares

Spring Lake ParkMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,346

Minnesota median $12,893 · 12% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,304

Minnesota median $8,231 · 11% below · FY2020-21

Students per school408

Minnesota median 381 · 7% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.3

Minnesota median 15.4 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor556

Minnesota median 558 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$93.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 64%Local 29%

Measure	Spring Lake Park	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,346	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,304	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$83.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$93.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	375	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	733	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.3	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
St. Michael-Albertville SchoolsAlbertville	6,795	12	$10,934	17.6	#31
Farmington Public School DistrictFarmington	6,458	12	$11,407	15.4	#32
Spring Lake Park Public SchoolsSpring Lake Park · this district	6,113	15	$11,346	16.3	#33
Brainerd Public School DistrictBrainerd	6,079	14	$13,036	14.9	#34
Forest Lake Public School DistrictForest Lake	5,776	15	$13,120	19.3	#35

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Davie County SchoolsMocksville, NC	6,116	$10,301	16.8
ArlingtonArlington, MA	6,113	$18,679	12.6
Franklin County Public SchoolsRocky Mount, VA	6,109	$12,712	10.8
Harlem UD 122Machesney Park, IL	6,108	$16,884	13.8

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-mn-spring-lake-park-public-schools