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Red Wing, Minnesota - 5 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Red Wing Public School District #183 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,012 per pupil, Red Wing Public School District ranks #180 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,335
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$15,012
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Red Wing Public School District operates 5 public schools serving 2,335 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 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 Goodhue County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,012 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 32.3% local, 57.4% state, and 10.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 52/100, ranked #183 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 220.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 47.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.5% White, 12.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sunnyside Elementary, with a diversity index of 52.9/100.
Its largest campus is Red Wing Senior High, enrolling 762 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Colvill Family Education Center, at 79 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Red Wing Senior High accounts for 32.6% of all Red Wing Public School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Red Wing Public School District-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.
Red Wing Public School District school enrollment varies 9.6× across entities
Red Wing Public School District school enrollment ranges from 79 students (lowest) to 762 students (highest), a spread of 683 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Red Wing Public School District student-counselor ratio is 221:1 — 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.
Red Wing Public School District chronic absenteeism rate is 47.3% — 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 Red Wing Public School District'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 Red Wing Public School District?
Red Wing Public School District has 5 schools, including 2 combined, 3 elementary. Total enrollment is 2,335 students.
How much does Red Wing Public School District spend per student?
Red Wing Public School District spends $15,012 per student. The district has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #183 in Minnesota.
What is the demographic composition of Red Wing Public School District?
Red Wing Public School District students are 71.5% White, 12.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Red Wing Public School District?
Red Wing Public School District has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #183 out of 410 districts in Minnesota.