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Coon Rapids, Minnesota - 1 schools
At $17,117 per pupil, Northwest Passage High School ranks #87 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
141
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$17,117
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Northwest Passage High School operates 1 public schools serving 141 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Anoka County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,117 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper 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, 91.9% state, and 7.3% 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 79.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.5% White, 10.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.9% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Northwest Passage High School, enrolling 156 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Northwest Passage High School accounts for 100.0% of all Northwest Passage High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Northwest Passage High School a distant remainder — means Northwest Passage High School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Northwest Passage High School chronic absenteeism rate is 79.5% — 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 Northwest Passage High School'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 Northwest Passage High School?
Northwest Passage High School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 141 students.
How much does Northwest Passage High School spend per student?
Northwest Passage High School spends $17,117 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Northwest Passage High School?
Northwest Passage High School students are 61.5% White, 10.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.9% African American, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.