Minnesota Department of Corrections

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Saint Paul, Minnesota - 6 schools

81
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types

District-Level NCES Analysis

Minnesota Department of Corrections operates 6 public schools serving 81 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 high, 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.

a 53:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 61.4% African American, 15.3% White, 2.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mn Correctional Facility-St. Cloud, with a diversity index of 64.3/100.

Its largest campus is Mcf-Red Wing Maginnis High School, enrolling 53 students (60% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mn Correctional Facility-Shakopee, at 2 students, a 27x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.

Mcf-Red Wing Maginnis High School accounts for 60.2% of all Minnesota Department of Corrections student enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Minnesota Department of Corrections a distant remainder — means Minnesota Department of Corrections-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.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Minnesota Department of Corrections school enrollment varies 27× across entities

Minnesota Department of Corrections school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 53 students (highest), a spread of 51 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Minnesota Department of Corrections has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 80.6% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.

Source: ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system

Minnesota Department of Corrections student-counselor ratio is 53:1 — 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.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection NCES Civil Rights Data Collection

Student Demographics

Average demographic composition across 6 schools in Minnesota Department of Corrections.

White 15.3%
Hispanic or Latino 2.2%
African American 61.4%
Asian 1.5%
Multiracial 2.7%
Other 16.9%

Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.

Student-body diversity

Average diversity index 40.8/100

Average Simpson diversity index across Minnesota Department of Corrections's schools, below the Minnesota average of 42.8.

Most mixed schools

  1. 1 Mn Correctional Facility-St. Cloud 64.3
  2. 2 Mcf-Red Wing Maginnis High School 59.1
  3. 3 Mn Correctional Facility-Lino Lakes 57.2
  4. 4 Mcf-Moose Lake/Willow River 44.4
  5. 5 Mn Correctional Facility-Stillwater 19.7

Programs & Resources

53:1
Student-Counselor Ratio

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.

Schools in Minnesota Department of Corrections

How Minnesota Department of Corrections Compares to Similar-Size Districts

The Minnesota districts closest to this one in total enrollment.

District Enrollment Spending Funding Mix
Fergus Falls Area Sp. Ed. Coop. Similar size No spending data No revenue-mix data
Northern Lights Community School Similar size No spending data No revenue-mix data
Laura Jeffrey Academy Charter Similar size No spending data No revenue-mix data
El Colegio Charter School Similar size No spending data No revenue-mix data
Runestone Area Education District Similar size No spending data No revenue-mix data

Comparisons are relative to Minnesota Department of Corrections's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many schools are in Minnesota Department of Corrections?

Minnesota Department of Corrections has 6 schools, including 1 combined, 5 high. Total enrollment is 81 students.

What is the demographic composition of Minnesota Department of Corrections?

Minnesota Department of Corrections students are 61.4% African American, 15.3% White, 2.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.