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New York Mills, Minnesota - 2 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks New York Mills Public School Dist. #314 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,559 per pupil, New York Mills Public School Dist. ranks #459 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
New York Mills Public School Dist. operates 2 public schools serving 783 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Otter Tail County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,559 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 51 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 18.3% local, 68.5% state, and 13.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 34/100, ranked #314 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 411:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.3% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is New York Mills Elementary, enrolling 460 students (56% of the district's total enrollment).
New York Mills Elementary accounts for 56.0% of all New York Mills Public School Dist. student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of New York Mills Public School Dist. a distant remainder — means New York Mills Public School Dist.-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 York Mills Public School Dist. student-counselor ratio is 411:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
New York Mills Public School Dist. chronic absenteeism rate is 24.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within New York Mills Public School Dist. is typically wider than the New York Mills Public School Dist.-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to New York Mills Public School Dist.'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 New York Mills Public School Dist.?
New York Mills Public School Dist. has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 783 students.
How much does New York Mills Public School Dist. spend per student?
New York Mills Public School Dist. spends $11,559 per student. The district has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #314 in Minnesota.
What is the demographic composition of New York Mills Public School Dist.?
New York Mills Public School Dist. students are 93.3% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for New York Mills Public School Dist.?
New York Mills Public School Dist. has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #314 out of 410 districts in Minnesota.