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Plymouth, Minnesota - 17 schools
853
Total Enrollment
17
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Intermediate School District 287 operates 17 public schools serving 853 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 15 combined, 2 high 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 Hennepin County.
The funding mix is 32.4% local, 62.7% state, and 4.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 138.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 58.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.0% White, 23.1% African American, 12.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hennepin Gateway to College, with a diversity index of 71.5/100.
Its largest campus is Tier Two, enrolling 274 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is School #519, at 1 students, a 274x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Tier Two accounts for 28.6% of all Intermediate School District 287 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Intermediate School District 287-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.
Intermediate School District 287 school enrollment varies 274× across entities
Intermediate School District 287 school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 274 students (highest), a spread of 273 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.
Intermediate School District 287 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 57.4% 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.
Intermediate School District 287 student-counselor ratio is 139:1 — 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.
Intermediate School District 287 chronic absenteeism rate is 58.0% — 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 Intermediate School District 287'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 Intermediate School District 287?
Intermediate School District 287 has 17 schools, including 15 combined, 2 high. Total enrollment is 853 students.
What is the demographic composition of Intermediate School District 287?
Intermediate School District 287 students are 49.0% White, 23.1% African American, 12.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% Asian, averaged across 17 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.