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Lynd, Minnesota - 2 schools
At $14,287 per pupil, Lynd Public School District ranks #240 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
169
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,287
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lynd Public School District operates 2 public schools serving 169 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Lyon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,287 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 16.1% local, 75.8% state, and 8.1% 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 26.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.7% White, 36.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lynd Elementary, enrolling 104 students (59% of the district's total enrollment).
Lynd Elementary accounts for 59.4% of all Lynd Public School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lynd Public School District a distant remainder — means Lynd Public School District-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.
Lynd Public School District chronic absenteeism rate is 26.8% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Lynd Public School District is typically wider than the Lynd Public School District-aggregate figure suggests.