At $14,824 per pupil, Exploration High School ranks #245 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Exploration High School operates 1 public schools serving 74 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Hennepin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,824 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 8.8% local, 69.4% state, and 21.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 2.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 30.1% White, 29.4% Hispanic or Latino, 29.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Exploration High School, enrolling 136 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 40.5% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (74 to 104 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 0.7 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,270,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 40.6% went to instruction, 44.2% to support services, and 12.9% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Exploration High School accounts for 100.0% of all Exploration High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Exploration High School a distant remainder — means Exploration High School-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. 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.
Exploration High School reports 60.8% 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.
Exploration High School chronic absenteeism rate is 2.2% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Exploration High School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 74 students.
How much does Exploration High School spend per student?
Exploration High School spends $14,824 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Exploration High School?
Exploration High School students are 30.1% White, 29.4% Hispanic or Latino, 29.4% African American, 1.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.