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Saint Paul, Minnesota - 1 schools
At $26,526 per pupil, Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter ranks #11 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
80
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$26,526
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter operates 1 public schools serving 80 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 $26,526 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 2.7% local, 81.6% state, and 15.7% 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 3.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.5% White, 13.7% Hispanic or Latino, 6.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter, enrolling 117 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter a distant remainder — means Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter chronic absenteeism rate is 3.4% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter'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 Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter?
Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 80 students.
How much does Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter spend per student?
Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter spends $26,526 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter?
Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter students are 61.5% White, 13.7% Hispanic or Latino, 6.8% Asian, 6.0% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.