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Little Falls, Minnesota - 6 schools
51
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mid-State Education District operates 6 public schools serving 51 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 high, 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 Morrison County.
The funding mix is 31.7% local, 52.1% state, and 16.2% 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 48.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.0% White, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Msed Birth to 3, with a diversity index of 54.1/100.
Its largest campus is Msed Birth to 3, enrolling 14 students (23% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mid State Ed Dist Steps Trans. Prog, at 4 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Msed Birth to 3 accounts for 23.3% of all Mid-State Education District student enrollment
That concentration means Mid-State Education 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.
Mid-State Education District school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities
Mid-State Education District school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 14 students (highest), a spread of 10 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.
Mid-State Education District chronic absenteeism rate is 48.8% — 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.
How many schools are in Mid-State Education District?
Mid-State Education District has 6 schools, including 2 high, 3 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 51 students.
What is the demographic composition of Mid-State Education District?
Mid-State Education District students are 68.0% White, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.