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Golden Valley, Minnesota - 1 schools
At $15,698 per pupil, Notre Ecole Academy ranks #147 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$15,698
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Notre Ecole Academy operates 1 public schools serving 41 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Hennepin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,698 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 13.2% local, 49.4% state, and 37.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 8.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.7% White, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Notre Ecole Academy, enrolling 75 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Notre Ecole Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Notre Ecole Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Notre Ecole Academy a distant remainder — means Notre Ecole Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Notre Ecole Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 8.0% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Notre Ecole Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 41 students.
How much does Notre Ecole Academy spend per student?
Notre Ecole Academy spends $15,698 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Notre Ecole Academy?
Notre Ecole Academy students are 62.7% White, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.