At $14,738 per pupil, Birch Grove Community School ranks #258 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
42
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$14,738
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Birch Grove Community School operates 1 public schools serving 42 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,738 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 27.3% local, 69.3% state, and 3.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 20.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.0% White, 11.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Birch Grove Community School, enrolling 45 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Birch Grove Community School accounts for 100.0% of all Birch Grove Community School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Birch Grove Community School a distant remainder — means Birch Grove Community School-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.
Birch Grove Community School chronic absenteeism rate is 20.0% — 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 Birch Grove Community School is typically wider than the Birch Grove Community School-aggregate figure suggests.