At $25,294 per pupil, Rochester Beacon Academy ranks #17 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Rochester Beacon Academy operates 1 public schools serving 85 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 Olmsted County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,294 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 51 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.3% local, 90.6% state, and 8.1% 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 115:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 62.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.8% White, 10.4% Hispanic or Latino, 4.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Rochester Beacon Academy, enrolling 115 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Rochester Beacon Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Rochester Beacon Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rochester Beacon Academy a distant remainder — means Rochester Beacon Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Rochester Beacon Academy student-counselor ratio is 115:1 — 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.
Rochester Beacon Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 62.6% — 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.
Rochester Beacon Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 85 students.
How much does Rochester Beacon Academy spend per student?
Rochester Beacon Academy spends $25,294 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Rochester Beacon Academy?
Rochester Beacon Academy students are 67.8% White, 10.4% Hispanic or Latino, 4.3% African American, 3.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.