Rochester Beacon Academy operates 1 public schools serving 85 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 other schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 115 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Olmsted County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,625 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 1.3% local, 90.6% state, and 8.1% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration.
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.
Rochester Beacon Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Rochester Beacon Academy student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Rochester Beacon Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. 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.
Rochester Beacon Academy student-counselor ratio is 115:1 — 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.
Rochester Beacon Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 62.6% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Rochester Beacon Academy has 1 schools, including 1 other. Total enrollment is 85 students.
How much does Rochester Beacon Academy spend per student?
Rochester Beacon Academy spends $20,625 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 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.