District profile / Minnesota

St. James Public School District

Saint James, Minnesota · Public school district · #130 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

Compare with peers

1,143

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,512

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

14.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

St. James Public School District is a public school district based in Saint James, Minnesota, serving 1,143 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #130 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 12% of them. Its schools average 286 students each, fewer than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $13,512 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.1 students per teacher.

How St. James compares

St. JamesMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,512

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

Instruction spending per student$7,869

Minnesota median $8,231 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school286

Minnesota median 381 · 25% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.1

Minnesota median 15.4 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor1,143

Minnesota median 558 · 105% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$18.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 69%Local 18%

Measure	St. James	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,512	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,869	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$17.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$18.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	81	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	163	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.1	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	1,143	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.

In the news

0 stories matched

We haven't matched any stories to St. James Public School District yet. Recent Minnesota coverage is on the Minnesota page.

Peer districts in Minnesota

Compare side by side →

District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
St. James Public School DistrictSaint James · this district	1,143	4	$13,512	14.1	#130
Luverne Public School DistrictLuverne	1,142	5	$12,945	12.0	#131
Crookston Public School DistrictCrookston	1,140	5	$13,198	13.0	#132
Pipestone Area School DistrictPipestone	1,138	4	$13,024	13.2	#133
Cass Lake-Bena Public SchoolsCass Lake	1,119	4	$19,548	10.7	#134

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Winslow SchoolsWinslow, ME	1,143	$17,012	12.2
Lawson R-XIVLawson, MO	1,143	$9,178	13.9
Hillsdale School DistrictHillsdale, NJ	1,143	$24,536	9.2
Minford LocalMinford, OH	1,143	$12,823	14.8

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-st-james-public-school-district