Public schools in Austin, MN

Austin has 14 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 5 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 3 other, enrolling 5,296 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Austin Public Schools runs 10 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Austin's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in AustinDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Austin Public Schools105,120$15,309
Southern Mn Education Consortium3151not reported
Austin Albert Lea Area Special Educ134not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

5 high schools in Austin, 1,839 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Austin Senior High1,48518.145.8%Austin Public Schools
Austin Area Learning Center17235.358.7%Austin Public Schools
Austin Online Academy11126.827.0%Austin Public Schools
Smec Alc7014.057.1%Southern Mn Education Consortium
SMEC Credit Recovery1not reportednot reportedSouthern Mn Education Consortium

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Austin, 1,438 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Ellis Middle72614.848.6%Austin Public Schools
I.J. Holton Intermediate School71213.849.9%Austin Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 elementary schools in Austin, 1,881 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Banfield Elementary57414.554.5%Austin Public Schools
Southgate Elementary53913.647.9%Austin Public Schools
Sumner Elementary38713.462.8%Austin Public Schools
Neveln Elementary38112.752.5%Austin Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 other schools in Austin, 138 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Austin Community Learning Center8711.159.8%Austin Public Schools
Oakland Education Center406.172.5%Austin Albert Lea Area Special Educ
Reset113.772.7%Southern Mn Education Consortium

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Austin's public schools compare with Minnesota's

The median Austin school has 13.8 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Minnesota median of 13.7. 31% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 20% across the state. Its median school enrolls 277 students (state 275).

Austin against Minnesota, schools open in 2024-25 with students
AustinMinnesota
Median students per teacher13.813.7
Median school size (students)277275
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)31%20%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)71%22%
Charter schools0%12%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 14 Austin schools and the 2,321 Minnesota schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Austin

  1. Austin Public SchoolsRuns 10 of Austin's 14 public schools and spent $15,309 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,309
  2. Austin Senior High, the largest high school in Austin1,485 students in 2024-25, 18.1 per teacher.1,485
  3. Compare Austin Public Schools with Southern Mn Education ConsortiumAustin's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MinnesotaMinnesota's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an Austin addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Minnesota

  1. Saint Paul135 schools
  2. Minneapolis132 schools
  3. Rochester44 schools
  4. Duluth30 schools
  5. Brooklyn Park29 schools
  6. Plymouth27 schools
  7. Bloomington26 schools
  8. Apple Valley20 schools

Questions about schools in Austin

  1. How many public schools are in Austin, MN?
    14 public schools with an address in Austin were open in 2024-25: 5 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 3 other, enrolling 5,296 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Austin?
    Austin Senior High, with 1,485 students in 2024-25 (Austin Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Austin's schools?
    Austin Public Schools (10 schools), Southern Mn Education Consortium (3 schools), Austin Albert Lea Area Special Educ (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .