NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Blaine, MN

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

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13
Schools
10,423
Students
49.2/100
Avg Resource Index
14.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Large system with a dominant campus

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Blaine has more public-school enrollment than 81% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Blaine sits near the top of the national city distribution by public-school enrollment, while Blaine High School alone enrolls 30.3% of local students. The city total therefore does not describe a uniform market: one large campus materially shapes the aggregate, and the remaining schools operate at a different scale. Read the ranked table alongside each campus profile rather than treating the city mean as a typical school.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

8 of Blaine's 13 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 46-point gap between Madison Elementary and Blaine High School shows the range hidden by Blaine's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 19%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
85th percentile
Teacher staffing
58th percentile

Blaine High School accounts for 30.3% of all Blaine public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Blaine-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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

Blaine school enrollment varies 316× across entities

Blaine school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 3,157 students (highest), a spread of 3,147 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Blaine student-teacher ratio is 14.7:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Blaine is typically wider than the Blaine-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Madison Elementary 67
2. Sunrise Elementary 65
3. Johnsville Elementary 64
4. University Avenue Elementary - Aero 63
5. Jefferson Elementary 61
6. Willows 51
7. Northpoint Elementary 45
8. Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch 43
9. Centerview Elementary 40
10. Karner Blue Education Center 38
11. Roosevelt Middle 32
12. Blaine High School 21
13. Anthony Louis House -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Blaine

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 Centerview Elementary 73.9/100
  2. 2 University Avenue Elementary - Aero 72.8/100
  3. 3 Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch 70.2/100
  4. 4 Jefferson Elementary 68.8/100
  5. 5 Willows 67.4/100

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Which Blaine school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Madison Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Blaine schools in this federal-data comparison at 67/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Blaine, MN? ▼

Blaine has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,423 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.7:1.

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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.