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Swanville, Minnesota - 2 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Swanville Public School District #311 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,814 per pupil, Swanville Public School District ranks #446 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$11,814
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Swanville Public School District operates 2 public schools serving 356 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Morrison County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,814 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 22.1% local, 65.2% state, and 12.7% 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 35/100, ranked #311 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 17.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.7% White, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Swanville Elementary, enrolling 215 students (59% of the district's total enrollment).
Swanville Elementary accounts for 58.6% of all Swanville Public School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Swanville Public School District a distant remainder — means Swanville Public 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.
Swanville Public School District chronic absenteeism rate is 17.9% — 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 Swanville Public School District is typically wider than the Swanville Public School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Swanville Public School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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