At $71,355 per pupil, Metro Deaf School ranks #2 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Metro Deaf School operates 1 public schools serving 124 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Ramsey County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $71,355 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 51 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 3.3% local, 95.3% state, and 1.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 156:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 35.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.5% White, 31.4% African American, 14.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Metro Deaf School, enrolling 156 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 13.7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (124 to 141 students), while the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $10,029,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 67.6% went to instruction, 19.2% to support services, and 10% to capital outlay, unusually instruction-forward, with a larger-than-typical share reaching classrooms directly. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Metro Deaf School accounts for 100.0% of all Metro Deaf School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Metro Deaf School a distant remainder — means Metro Deaf School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Metro Deaf School reports 62.1% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Metro Deaf School student-counselor ratio is 156:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Metro Deaf School chronic absenteeism rate is 35.3% — 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.
Metro Deaf School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 124 students.
How much does Metro Deaf School spend per student?
Metro Deaf School spends $71,355 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Metro Deaf School?
Metro Deaf School students are 38.5% White, 31.4% African American, 14.7% Hispanic or Latino, 10.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.