An equity score of 25/100 ranks Barnesville Public School Dist. #372 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,787 per pupil, Barnesville Public School Dist. ranks #408 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Barnesville Public School Dist. operates 2 public schools serving 912 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Clay County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,787 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.9% local, 63.2% state, and 9.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 25/100, ranked #372 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 380:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.5% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Barnesville Elementary, enrolling 490 students (56% of the district's total enrollment).
Barnesville Elementary accounts for 53.7% of all Barnesville Public School Dist. student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Barnesville Public School Dist. a distant remainder — means Barnesville Public School Dist.-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Barnesville Public School Dist. student-counselor ratio is 380:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Barnesville Public School Dist. chronic absenteeism rate is 16.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Barnesville Public School Dist. is typically wider than the Barnesville Public School Dist.-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Barnesville Public School Dist.'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Barnesville Public School Dist.?
Barnesville Public School Dist. has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 912 students.
How much does Barnesville Public School Dist. spend per student?
Barnesville Public School Dist. spends $12,787 per student. The district has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #372 in Minnesota.
What is the demographic composition of Barnesville Public School Dist.?
Barnesville Public School Dist. students are 91.5% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Barnesville Public School Dist.?
Barnesville Public School Dist. has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #372 out of 410 districts in Minnesota.