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Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District

Zumbrota, Minnesota · Public school district · #126 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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1,242

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,701

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Minnesota median

14.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District is a public school district based in Zumbrota, Minnesota, serving 1,242 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #126 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 14% of them. Its schools average 310 students each, fewer than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $12,701 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.3 students per teacher.

How Zumbrota-Mazeppa compares

Zumbrota-MazeppaMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,701

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

Instruction spending per student$8,098

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

Students per school310

Minnesota median 381 · 19% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.3

Minnesota median 15.4 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor414

Minnesota median 558 · 26% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$20.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 61%Local 32%

Measure	Zumbrota-Mazeppa	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,701	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,098	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$35.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$20.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	87	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	159	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.3	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	414	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
Esko Public School DistrictEsko	1,287	2	$9,789	16.9	#124
Lake Superior Public School Dist.Two Harbors	1,286	4	$13,323	15.0	#125
Zumbrota-Mazeppa School DistrictZumbrota · this district	1,242	4	$12,701	14.3	#126
Pierz Public School DistrictPierz	1,214	3	$11,446	14.8	#127
Lake City Public School DistrictLake City	1,189	2	$11,994	15.4	#128

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
CCSD 168Sauk Village, IL	1,243	$18,481	15.9
Clinch CountyHomerville, GA	1,242	$12,382	14.1
Kent City Community SchoolsKent City, MI	1,242	$12,122	18.8
Neshannock Township School DistrictNew Castle, PA	1,242	$14,641	16.1

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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