NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Lino Lakes, MN

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10 public K-12 schools in Lino 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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10
Schools
3,678
Students
37.6/100
Avg Resource Index
19.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lino Lakes has more public-school enrollment than 39% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Centennial Middle enrolls 43.4% of Lino Lakes'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

6 of Lino Lakes's 10 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

Lino Lakes lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 7 to 1,595 students, a 228-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 61%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
35th percentile
Teacher staffing
18th percentile

Centennial Middle accounts for 43.4% of all Lino Lakes public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Lino Lakes-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Middle. 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

Lino Lakes school enrollment varies 228× across entities

Lino Lakes school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 1,595 students (highest), a spread of 1,588 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

Lino Lakes student-teacher ratio is 19.5:1 — 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. Early Childhood Center 64
2. Rice Lake Elementary 54
3. Blue Heron Elementary 51
4. Pines School - Acs 48
5. Pines School - Nsp 30
6. Pines School Day Program 30
7. Lino Lakes Elementary 29
8. Centennial Middle 17
9. Pines School - Rjc 15
10. Mn Correctional Facility-Lino Lakes -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lino 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 Pines School - Rjc 74.8/100
  2. 2 Pines School - Acs 71.1/100
  3. 3 Pines School - Nsp 70.5/100
  4. 4 Pines School Day Program 69.2/100
  5. 5 Early Childhood Center 59.3/100

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

Early Childhood Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lino Lakes schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lino Lakes, MN? ▼

Lino Lakes has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,678 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.5:1.

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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.