Region 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service Coop operates 11 public schools serving 288 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined, 4 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Lyon County.
The funding mix is 36.3% local, 33.7% state, and 30.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 20.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 51.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.5% White, 20.1% Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Swwc Elc - Montevideo, with a diversity index of 55.8/100.
Its largest campus is Swwc Elc - Windom, enrolling 42 students (14% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Swwc Alc Midlevel - Windom, at 1 students, a 42x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Region 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service Coop school enrollment varies 42× across entities
Region 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service Coop school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 42 students (highest), a spread of 41 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Region 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service Coop reports 67.5% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Region 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service Coop student-counselor ratio is 20:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Region 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service Coop chronic absenteeism rate is 51.7% — 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 Region 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service Coop'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 Region 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service Coop?
Region 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service Coop has 11 schools, including 6 combined, 4 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 288 students.
What is the demographic composition of Region 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service Coop?
Region 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service Coop students are 66.5% White, 20.1% Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% African American, 1.9% Asian, averaged across 11 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.