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Northome, Minnesota - 4 schools
An equity score of 86/100 ranks South Koochiching School District #23 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,479 per pupil, South Koochiching School District ranks #22 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$23,479
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District-Level NCES Analysis
South Koochiching School District operates 4 public schools serving 265 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 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 Koochiching County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,479 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 51 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 20.6% local, 61.2% state, and 18.2% 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 86/100, ranked #23 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 204:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 35.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.4% White, 0.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Northome Elementary, enrolling 102 students (34% of the district's total enrollment).
Northome Elementary accounts for 34.0% of all South Koochiching School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means South Koochiching School District-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.
South Koochiching School District school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
South Koochiching School District school enrollment ranges from 47 students (lowest) to 102 students (highest), a spread of 55 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
South Koochiching School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 52.7% 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.
South Koochiching School District student-counselor ratio is 204:1 — 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.
South Koochiching School District chronic absenteeism rate is 35.1% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to South Koochiching School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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