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Lewiston, Minnesota - 3 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist #186 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,650 per pupil, Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist ranks #308 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist operates 3 public schools serving 622 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Winona County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,650 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 17.4% local, 69.9% state, and 12.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 52/100, ranked #186 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 445.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.3% White, 13.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lewiston-Altura Secondary, enrolling 337 students (51% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lewiston-Altura Intermediate El, at 76 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lewiston-Altura Secondary accounts for 50.5% of all Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist a distant remainder — means Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist-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.
Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities
Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist school enrollment ranges from 76 students (lowest) to 337 students (highest), a spread of 261 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.
Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist student-counselor ratio is 446:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 14.6% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist'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 Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist?
Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 622 students.
How much does Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist spend per student?
Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist spends $13,650 per student. The district has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #186 in Minnesota.
What is the demographic composition of Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist?
Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist students are 81.3% White, 13.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% Asian, 1.1% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist?
Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #186 out of 410 districts in Minnesota.