Minnesota Valley Education District operates 4 public schools serving 72 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 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 Nicollet County.
The funding mix is 34.8% local, 40.2% state, and 25.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 62.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.0% White, 18.3% Hispanic or Latino, 17.9% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Minnesota Valley School, enrolling 27 students (39% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Minnesota Prairie School, at 5 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Minnesota Valley School accounts for 37.5% of all Minnesota Valley Education District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Minnesota Valley Education District-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Minnesota Valley Education District school enrollment varies 5.4× across entities
Minnesota Valley Education District school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 27 students (highest), a spread of 22 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.
Minnesota Valley Education District reports 58.7% 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.
Minnesota Valley Education District chronic absenteeism rate is 62.2% — 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 Minnesota Valley Education 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 Minnesota Valley Education District?
Minnesota Valley Education District has 4 schools, including 4 combined. Total enrollment is 72 students.
What is the demographic composition of Minnesota Valley Education District?
Minnesota Valley Education District students are 62.0% White, 18.3% Hispanic or Latino, 17.9% African American, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.