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Saint Paul, Minnesota - 1 schools
At $18,306 per pupil, Jennings Community School ranks #61 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
46
Total Enrollment
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$18,306
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Jennings Community School operates 1 public schools serving 46 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Ramsey County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,306 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.1% local, 84.6% state, and 15.3% 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 114:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 43.9% African American, 22.8% White, 10.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Jennings Experiential High School accounts for 100.0% of all Jennings Community School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Jennings Community School a distant remainder — means Jennings Community School-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.
Jennings Community School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 91.3% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Jennings Community School student-counselor ratio is 114:1 — 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.
How many schools are in Jennings Community School?
Jennings Community School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 46 students.
How much does Jennings Community School spend per student?
Jennings Community School spends $18,306 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Jennings Community School?
Jennings Community School students are 43.9% African American, 22.8% White, 10.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.