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Chatfield, Minnesota - 3 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks Chatfield Public Schools #320 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,065 per pupil, Chatfield Public Schools ranks #425 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
927
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,065
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Chatfield Public Schools operates 3 public schools serving 927 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 Olmsted County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,065 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 27.2% local, 64.7% state, and 8.1% 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 33/100, ranked #320 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 446:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.5% White, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Focus Alp, with a diversity index of 49.9/100.
Its largest campus is Chatfield Elementary School, enrolling 469 students (52% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Focus Alp, at 6 students, a 78x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Chatfield Elementary School accounts for 50.6% of all Chatfield Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Chatfield Public Schools a distant remainder — means Chatfield Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Chatfield Public Schools school enrollment varies 78× across entities
Chatfield Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 469 students (highest), a spread of 463 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Chatfield Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 446:1 — 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.
Chatfield Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 16.2% — 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 Chatfield Public Schools is typically wider than the Chatfield Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Chatfield Public Schools has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 927 students.
How much does Chatfield Public Schools spend per student?
Chatfield Public Schools spends $12,065 per student. The district has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #320 in Minnesota.
What is the demographic composition of Chatfield Public Schools?
Chatfield Public Schools students are 85.5% White, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Chatfield Public Schools?
Chatfield Public Schools has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #320 out of 410 districts in Minnesota.