NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Adams, MN

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5 public K-12 schools in Adams from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
545
Students
40.8/100
Avg Resource Index
18.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Adams has more public-school enrollment than 1% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Southland Elementary enrolls 40.9% of Adams's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Adams's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Adams lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 9 to 223 students, a 25-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 99%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
49th percentile
Teacher staffing
25th percentile

Southland Elementary accounts for 40.9% of all Adams public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Adams-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Adams school enrollment varies 25× across entities

Adams school enrollment ranges from 9 students (lowest) to 223 students (highest), a spread of 214 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Adams student-teacher ratio is 18.1:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Success East 57
2. Southland Elementary 42
3. Southland Middle 42
4. Southland Senior High 33
5. First Step Adams 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Adams

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Success East 40.6/100
  2. 2 Southland Elementary 27.5/100
  3. 3 Southland Middle 21.8/100
  4. 4 Southland Senior High 14.8/100
  5. 5 First Step Adams 0.0/100

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Which Adams school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Success East has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Adams schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Adams, MN? ▼

Adams has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 545 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.