NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Hawley, MN

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

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6
Schools
1,192
Students
31.3/100
Avg Resource Index
21:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hawley has more public-school enrollment than 3% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hawley Elementary enrolls 48.6% of Hawley'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

5 of Hawley's 6 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

Hawley lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 15 to 579 students, a 39-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 97%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
15th percentile
Teacher staffing
12th percentile

Hawley Elementary accounts for 48.6% of all Hawley public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Hawley a distant remainder — means Hawley-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

Hawley school enrollment varies 39× across entities

Hawley school enrollment ranges from 15 students (lowest) to 579 students (highest), a spread of 564 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

Hawley student-teacher ratio is 21.0:1 — 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. Hawley Secondary 45
2. Glacial Ridge Transitional Skills P 44
3. Hawley Elementary 36
4. Intensive Interagency Program 33
5. Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative 15
6. Spring Prairie Elementary 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hawley

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 Intensive Interagency Program 49.1/100
  2. 2 Glacial Ridge Transitional Skills P 33.8/100
  3. 3 Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative 16.3/100
  4. 4 Hawley Elementary 10.9/100
  5. 5 Hawley Secondary 10.9/100

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Which Hawley school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Hawley Secondary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hawley schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hawley, MN? ▼

Hawley has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,192 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 21:1.

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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.