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Burnsville, Minnesota - 18 schools
An equity score of 68/100 ranks Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools #75 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,149 per pupil, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools ranks #85 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,822
Total Enrollment
18
Schools
$17,149
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools operates 18 public schools serving 7,822 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 12 combined, 3 high, 2 middle, 1 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Dakota County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,149 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.1% local, 54.8% state, and 13.1% 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 68/100, ranked #75 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 18 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 100.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 36.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 30.1% African American, 27.8% White, 26.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Burnsville Area Learning Center, with a diversity index of 75.3/100.
Its largest campus is Burnsville High School, enrolling 2,029 students (26% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is One91 Virtual Academy Elementary, at 34 students, a 60x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Burnsville High School accounts for 25.9% of all Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools student enrollment
That concentration means Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools school enrollment varies 60× across entities
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools school enrollment ranges from 34 students (lowest) to 2,029 students (highest), a spread of 1,995 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 57.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools student-counselor ratio is 101:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 36.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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