NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in New Ulm, MN

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

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11
Schools
2,331
Students
34.8/100
Avg Resource Index
13.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, New Ulm has more public-school enrollment than 17% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. New Ulm'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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of New Ulm's 11 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

New Ulm's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 24th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 72nd percentile. The 48-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 83%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
24th percentile
Teacher staffing
72nd percentile

New Ulm High School accounts for 29.5% of all New Ulm public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means New Ulm-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

New Ulm school enrollment varies 687× across entities

New Ulm school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 687 students (highest), a spread of 686 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

New Ulm student-teacher ratio is 13.6:1 — 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. River Bend Area Learning Center 59
2. Raptor Program 44
3. New Ulm High School 41
4. Washington Learning Center 38
5. W.O.R.K. Program 38
6. Imprints Program 33
7. Jefferson Elementary 32
8. R.I.S.E. Program 32
9. New Ulm Middle School 31
10. River Bend Early Childhood Prog. -
11. New Ulm Cte Center -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in New Ulm

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 River Bend Early Childhood Prog. 47.4/100
  2. 2 W.O.R.K. Program 37.5/100
  3. 3 Washington Learning Center 34.9/100
  4. 4 River Bend Area Learning Center 34.7/100
  5. 5 Raptor Program 33.8/100

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Which New Ulm school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

River Bend Area Learning Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the New Ulm schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in New Ulm, MN? ▼

New Ulm has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,331 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.6:1.

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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.