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North Branch, Minnesota - 1 schools
At $8,483 per pupil, Phoenix Academy Charter School ranks #504 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
160
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$8,483
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Phoenix Academy Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 160 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 Chisago County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,483 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 0.5% local, 87.0% state, and 12.5% 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 7.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.5% White, 10.3% Hispanic or Latino, 4.5% African American across the district's schools.
Phoenix Academy Charter School accounts for 97.5% of all Phoenix Academy Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Phoenix Academy Charter School a distant remainder — means Phoenix Academy Charter School-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.
Phoenix Academy Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 7.1% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Phoenix Academy Charter 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 Phoenix Academy Charter School?
Phoenix Academy Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 160 students.
How much does Phoenix Academy Charter School spend per student?
Phoenix Academy Charter School spends $8,483 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Phoenix Academy Charter School?
Phoenix Academy Charter School students are 79.5% White, 10.3% Hispanic or Latino, 4.5% African American, 1.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.