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Long Prairie, Minnesota - 2 schools
An equity score of 73/100 ranks Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist #58 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,599 per pupil, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist ranks #210 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
978
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$14,599
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist operates 2 public schools serving 978 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Todd County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,599 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 16.3% local, 63.6% state, and 20.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 73/100, ranked #58 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 492:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.3% Hispanic or Latino, 38.9% White, 0.2% African American across the district's schools.
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary accounts for 52.6% of all Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist a distant remainder — means Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 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.
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist student-counselor ratio is 492:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 35.1% — 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 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 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 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist?
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 978 students.
How much does Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist spend per student?
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist spends $14,599 per student. The district has an equity score of 73/100, ranking #58 in Minnesota.
What is the demographic composition of Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist?
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist students are 57.3% Hispanic or Latino, 38.9% White, 0.2% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist?
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist has an equity score of 73/100, ranking #58 out of 410 districts in Minnesota.