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Winona, Minnesota - 2 schools
At $14,132 per pupil, Riverway Learning Community Charter ranks #265 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
131
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,132
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Riverway Learning Community Charter operates 2 public schools serving 131 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Winona County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,132 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 1.0% local, 78.6% state, and 20.4% 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 10.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.8% White, 8.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Riverway Secondary, enrolling 63 students (51% of the district's total enrollment).
Riverway Secondary accounts for 48.1% of all Riverway Learning Community Charter student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Riverway Learning Community Charter a distant remainder — means Riverway Learning Community Charter-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.
Riverway Learning Community Charter has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 61.0% 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 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.
Riverway Learning Community Charter chronic absenteeism rate is 10.4% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Riverway Learning Community Charter'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 Riverway Learning Community Charter?
Riverway Learning Community Charter has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 131 students.
How much does Riverway Learning Community Charter spend per student?
Riverway Learning Community Charter spends $14,132 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Riverway Learning Community Charter?
Riverway Learning Community Charter students are 70.8% White, 8.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.3% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.