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Hawley, Minnesota - 3 schools
77
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative operates 3 public schools serving 77 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Clay County.
The funding mix is 31.8% local, 40.5% state, and 27.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 41.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.0% White, 6.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Intensive Interagency Program, with a diversity index of 49.1/100.
Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative accounts for 76.9% of all Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative a distant remainder — means Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative-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.
Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative school enrollment varies 6.9× across entities
Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative school enrollment ranges from 15 students (lowest) to 103 students (highest), a spread of 88 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 53.2% 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.
Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative chronic absenteeism rate is 41.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative'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 Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative?
Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative has 3 schools, including 3 combined. Total enrollment is 77 students.
What is the demographic composition of Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative?
Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative students are 80.0% White, 6.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.