NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Park Rapids, MN

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

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7
Schools
1,930
Students
33/100
Avg Resource Index
16.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Park Rapids has more public-school enrollment than 11% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Park Rapids Area Century Elementary enrolls 44.6% of Park Rapids'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.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 7 listed Park Rapids schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Park Rapids lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 1 to 861 students, a 861-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 89%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
19th percentile
Teacher staffing
34th percentile

Park Rapids Area Century Elementary accounts for 44.6% of all Park Rapids public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Park Rapids-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

Park Rapids school enrollment varies 861× across entities

Park Rapids school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 861 students (highest), a spread of 860 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

Park Rapids operates one school district — a single-district system

Park Rapids's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Park Rapids student-teacher ratio is 16.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Park Rapids is typically wider than the Park Rapids-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Park Rapids Virtual Academy Middle 65
2. Frank White Education Center 57
3. Park Rapids Area Century Elementary 29
4. Park Rapids Area Century Middle 29
5. Park Rapids Senior High 26
6. Park Rapids Virtual Academy High 15
7. Headwaters Educ Learning Program 10

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Park Rapids

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 Headwaters Educ Learning Program 66.8/100
  2. 2 Park Rapids Area Century Elementary 33.7/100
  3. 3 Park Rapids Senior High 33.6/100
  4. 4 Park Rapids Virtual Academy High 32.1/100
  5. 5 Park Rapids Virtual Academy Middle 0.0/100

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Which Park Rapids school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Park Rapids Virtual Academy Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Park Rapids schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Park Rapids, MN? ▼

Park Rapids has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,930 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.9:1.

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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.