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Stillwater, Minnesota - 1 schools
At $13,664 per pupil, New Heights School Inc. ranks #306 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
111
Total Enrollment
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$13,664
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
New Heights School Inc. operates 1 public schools serving 111 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 Washington County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,664 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.9% local, 82.3% state, and 16.8% 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 70:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 67.1% White, 15.7% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is New Heights School Inc., enrolling 70 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
New Heights School Inc. accounts for 63.1% of all New Heights School Inc. student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of New Heights School Inc. a distant remainder — means New Heights School Inc.-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.
New Heights School Inc. has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 52.3% 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 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.
New Heights School Inc. student-counselor ratio is 70:1 — 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.
New Heights School Inc. has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 111 students.
How much does New Heights School Inc. spend per student?
New Heights School Inc. spends $13,664 per student.
What is the demographic composition of New Heights School Inc.?
New Heights School Inc. students are 67.1% White, 15.7% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.