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Mankato, Minnesota - 1 schools
At $23,580 per pupil, Kato Public Charter School ranks #21 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Kato Public Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 68 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 Blue Earth County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,580 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 51 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.3% local, 73.7% state, and 26.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 76.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.0% White, 7.8% African American, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Kato Public Charter School, enrolling 77 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Kato Public Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Kato Public Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kato Public Charter School a distant remainder — means Kato Public Charter 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.
Kato Public Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 70.6% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Kato Public Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 76.6% — 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.
How many schools are in Kato Public Charter School?
Kato Public Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 68 students.
How much does Kato Public Charter School spend per student?
Kato Public Charter School spends $23,580 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Kato Public Charter School?
Kato Public Charter School students are 74.0% White, 7.8% African American, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.