Cannon Valley Special Education Coo operates 3 public schools serving 90 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high 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 Rice County.
The funding mix is 18.2% local, 81.2% state, and 0.7% 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 47.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.3% White, 17.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Laura Baker Sun Program, with a diversity index of 57.4/100.
Its largest campus is Cvsec Step, enrolling 47 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Cvsec Step accounts for 48.5% of all Cannon Valley Special Education Coo student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cannon Valley Special Education Coo a distant remainder — means Cannon Valley Special Education Coo-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
Cannon Valley Special Education Coo school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Cannon Valley Special Education Coo school enrollment ranges from 18 students (lowest) to 47 students (highest), a spread of 29 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Cannon Valley Special Education Coo reports 55.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Cannon Valley Special Education Coo chronic absenteeism rate is 47.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Cannon Valley Special Education Coo'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 Cannon Valley Special Education Coo?
Cannon Valley Special Education Coo has 3 schools, including 1 high, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 90 students.
What is the demographic composition of Cannon Valley Special Education Coo?
Cannon Valley Special Education Coo students are 65.3% White, 17.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% African American, 1.7% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.