An equity score of 69/100 ranks Hill City Public School District #77 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,340 per pupil, Hill City Public School District ranks #149 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
256
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,340
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hill City Public School District operates 3 public schools serving 256 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Aitkin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,340 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 21.5% local, 65.0% state, and 13.5% 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 69/100, ranked #77 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.
a 89:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.9% White, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hill City Middle School, with a diversity index of 27.1/100.
Its largest campus is Hill City Elementary, enrolling 112 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Hill City Elementary accounts for 41.9% of all Hill City Public School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hill City Public School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Hill City Public School District reports 65.8% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Hill City Public School District student-counselor ratio is 89:1 — 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.
Hill City Public School District chronic absenteeism rate is 23.7% — 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 Hill City Public School District is typically wider than the Hill City Public School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Hill City Public School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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