NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Fergus Falls, MN

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13 public K-12 schools in Fergus Falls 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
3,006
Students
33.9/100
Avg Resource Index
13.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Fergus Falls has more public-school enrollment than 29% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Fergus Falls'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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Fergus Falls's list includes 5 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 5 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Fergus Falls's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 22nd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 69th percentile. The 47-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 71%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
69th percentile

Kennedy High School accounts for 23.8% of all Fergus Falls public-school enrollment

That concentration means Fergus Falls-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

Fergus Falls school enrollment varies 179× across entities

Fergus Falls school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 714 students (highest), a spread of 710 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

Fergus Falls student-teacher ratio is 13.8:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Lakes Country Academy 60
2. Iq Academy 6-8 58
3. Iq Academy K-5 55
4. Fergus Falls Area Learning Center 42
5. Iq Academy 9-12 32
6. Fergus Falls Elementary Sp Ed 5-8 30
7. Kennedy High School 29
8. Cleveland Elementary 26
9. Mckinley Elementary 21
10. Kennedy Middle School 20
11. Adams Elementary 19
12. Fergus Falls Ec/Elementary Sp Ed 15
13. Fergus Falls Early Childhood Sp Ed -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Fergus Falls

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 Iq Academy K-5 64.3/100
  2. 2 Iq Academy 6-8 64.1/100
  3. 3 Lakes Country Academy 55.1/100
  4. 4 Iq Academy 9-12 49.7/100
  5. 5 Fergus Falls Elementary Sp Ed 5-8 37.5/100

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Which Fergus Falls school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lakes Country Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Fergus Falls schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Fergus Falls, MN? ▼

Fergus Falls has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,006 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.8:1.

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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.