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Rush City, Minnesota - 5 schools
75
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
St. Croix River Education District operates 5 public schools serving 75 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 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 Chisago County.
The funding mix is 48.1% local, 29.5% state, and 22.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 37.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.9% White, 7.8% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Skillbuilding Opportunities for Aca, with a diversity index of 37.5/100.
Chisago County Schools' Life Work C accounts for 34.1% of all St. Croix River Education District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means St. Croix River Education District-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.
St. Croix River Education District school enrollment varies 3.6× across entities
St. Croix River Education District school enrollment ranges from 8 students (lowest) to 29 students (highest), a spread of 21 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.
St. Croix River Education District chronic absenteeism rate is 37.3% — 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 St. Croix River Education District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in St. Croix River Education District?
St. Croix River Education District has 5 schools, including 2 high, 3 combined. Total enrollment is 75 students.
What is the demographic composition of St. Croix River Education District?
St. Croix River Education District students are 80.9% White, 7.8% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% Asian, 1.4% African American, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.