NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Detroit Lakes, MN

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

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8
Schools
2,711
Students
35.1/100
Avg Resource Index
14.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Detroit Lakes has more public-school enrollment than 24% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Detroit Lakes's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

4 of the 8 listed Detroit Lakes schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Detroit Lakes lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 17 to 791 students, a 47-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 76%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
26th percentile
Teacher staffing
66th percentile

Detroit Lakes Senior High accounts for 29.2% of all Detroit Lakes public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Detroit Lakes-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

Detroit Lakes school enrollment varies 47× across entities

Detroit Lakes school enrollment ranges from 17 students (lowest) to 791 students (highest), a spread of 774 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Detroit Lakes operates one school district — a single-district system

Detroit Lakes's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Detroit Lakes student-teacher ratio is 14.1:1 — 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 Detroit Lakes is typically wider than the Detroit Lakes-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Detroit Lakes Area Learning Center 58
2. Rossman Elementary 40
3. Detroit Lakes Middle 33
4. Lincoln Early Childhood Ed. Center 30
5. Laker Transitions 30
6. Detroit Lakes Senior High 28
7. Roosevelt Elementary 27
8. E-Laker Online School -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Detroit Lakes

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 Detroit Lakes Area Learning Center 52.6/100
  2. 2 Roosevelt Elementary 50.2/100
  3. 3 Detroit Lakes Middle 44.8/100
  4. 4 Lincoln Early Childhood Ed. Center 42.0/100
  5. 5 Detroit Lakes Senior High 39.8/100

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Which Detroit Lakes school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Detroit Lakes Area Learning Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Detroit Lakes schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Detroit Lakes, MN? ▼

Detroit Lakes has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,711 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.1:1.

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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.