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Pillager, Minnesota - 1 schools
At $13,717 per pupil, Pillager Area Charter School ranks #299 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Pillager Area Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 38 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 Cass County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,717 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, 81.0% state, and 18.1% 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 180:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 86.1% White, 8.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pillager Area Charter School, enrolling 36 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Pillager Area Charter School accounts for 94.7% of all Pillager Area Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pillager Area Charter School a distant remainder — means Pillager Area Charter School-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.
Pillager Area Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 76.3% 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 — including this one — 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.
Pillager Area Charter School student-counselor ratio is 180:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
How many schools are in Pillager Area Charter School?
Pillager Area Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 38 students.
How much does Pillager Area Charter School spend per student?
Pillager Area Charter School spends $13,717 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Pillager Area Charter School?
Pillager Area Charter School students are 86.1% White, 8.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.