NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in North Branch, MN

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

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9
Schools
2,889
Students
36.4/100
Avg Resource Index
21.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, North Branch has more public-school enrollment than 27% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. North Branch'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

North Branch's list includes 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

North Branch lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 6 to 960 students, a 160-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 73%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
30th percentile
Teacher staffing
10th percentile

Sunrise River Elementary School accounts for 33.2% of all North Branch public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means North Branch-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. 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

North Branch school enrollment varies 160× across entities

North Branch school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 960 students (highest), a spread of 954 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

North Branch student-teacher ratio is 21.4:1 — 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

1 of North Branch's 9 listed schools are charters

11% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Sunrise River Elementary School 48
2. Phoenix Academy Charter School 48
3. North Branch Area Education Center 40
4. Norse Area Learning Center 38
5. Distance Learning Academy Secondary 35
6. North Branch Area Middle School 33
7. Chisago County Schools' Life Work C 30
8. Distance Learning Acadmy Elementary 30
9. North Branch Area High School 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in North Branch

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 Norse Area Learning Center 37.9/100
  2. 2 Phoenix Academy Charter School 35.4/100
  3. 3 North Branch Area Education Center 32.9/100
  4. 4 Sunrise River Elementary School 32.2/100
  5. 5 North Branch Area Middle School 30.6/100

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Which North Branch school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Sunrise River Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the North Branch schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in North Branch, MN? ▼

North Branch has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,889 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.4:1.

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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.