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Brewster, Minnesota - 2 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools #274 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,072 per pupil, Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools ranks #423 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
491
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$12,072
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 491 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 middle 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 Nobles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,072 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 18.1% local, 65.1% state, and 16.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 40/100, ranked #274 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 17.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.9% Hispanic or Latino, 20.9% White, 2.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Round Lake-Brewster Elementary accounts for 76.2% of all Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools a distant remainder — means Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools-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.
Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 56.0% 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.
Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 17.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools is typically wider than the Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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