At $14,898 per pupil, Star of the North Academy Charter S ranks #233 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$14,898
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Star of the North Academy Charter S operates 1 public schools serving 187 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Anoka County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,898 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.6% local, 78.3% state, and 20.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 7.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.3% African American, 26.3% White, 12.9% Asian across the district's schools.
Star of the North Academy Charter S accounts for 100.0% of all Star of the North Academy Charter S student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Star of the North Academy Charter S a distant remainder — means Star of the North Academy Charter S-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Star of the North Academy Charter S reports 73.3% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Star of the North Academy Charter S chronic absenteeism rate is 7.1% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Star of the North Academy Charter S'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 Star of the North Academy Charter S?
Star of the North Academy Charter S has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 187 students.
How much does Star of the North Academy Charter S spend per student?
Star of the North Academy Charter S spends $14,898 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Star of the North Academy Charter S?
Star of the North Academy Charter S students are 60.3% African American, 26.3% White, 12.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.