Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal
records, no number is typed in by an editor. District totals are aggregated directly from the schools reporting under this district in the source records. See our
editorial standards & corrections policy, the
methodology behind these numbers, or
report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.
Rochester, Minnesota - 1 schools
At $15,876 per pupil, Rochester Stem Academy ranks #141 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
116
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$15,876
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rochester Stem Academy operates 1 public schools serving 116 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $15,876 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 0.8% local, 82.3% state, and 16.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
Its largest campus is Rochester Stem Academy, enrolling 116 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Rochester Stem Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Rochester Stem Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rochester Stem Academy a distant remainder — means Rochester Stem Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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 Stem Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 81.9% 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 — including this one — 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.