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Mahnomen, Minnesota - 3 schools
An equity score of 83/100 ranks Mahnomen Public School District #25 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,143 per pupil, Mahnomen Public School District ranks #124 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Mahnomen Public School District operates 3 public schools serving 665 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 Mahnomen County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,143 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 6.7% local, 59.7% state, and 33.6% 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 83/100, ranked #25 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.
and 51.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 8.1% White, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mahnomen Secondary, with a diversity index of 48.8/100.
Its largest campus is Mahnomen Elementary, enrolling 319 students (47% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mahnomen Area Learning Center, at 43 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mahnomen Elementary accounts for 47.3% of all Mahnomen Public School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mahnomen Public School District a distant remainder — means Mahnomen 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.
Mahnomen Public School District school enrollment varies 7.4× across entities
Mahnomen Public School District school enrollment ranges from 43 students (lowest) to 319 students (highest), a spread of 276 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.
Mahnomen Public School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 71.0% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Mahnomen Public School District chronic absenteeism rate is 51.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Mahnomen Public School District'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 Mahnomen Public School District?
Mahnomen Public School District has 3 schools, including 3 combined. Total enrollment is 665 students.
How much does Mahnomen Public School District spend per student?
Mahnomen Public School District spends $16,143 per student. The district has an equity score of 83/100, ranking #25 in Minnesota.
What is the demographic composition of Mahnomen Public School District?
Mahnomen Public School District students are 8.1% White, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mahnomen Public School District?
Mahnomen Public School District has an equity score of 83/100, ranking #25 out of 410 districts in Minnesota.