At $16,568 per pupil, Technical Academies of Minnesota ranks #142 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Technical Academies of Minnesota operates 2 public schools serving 146 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 Kandiyohi County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,568 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 1.1% local, 90.5% state, and 8.4% 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 97.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.3% White, 30.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Dream Technical Academy, enrolling 72 students (62% of the district's total enrollment).
Dream Technical Academy accounts for 49.3% of all Technical Academies of Minnesota student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Technical Academies of Minnesota a distant remainder — means Technical Academies of Minnesota-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Technical Academies of Minnesota reports 65.7% 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.
Technical Academies of Minnesota chronic absenteeism rate is 97.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Technical Academies of Minnesota'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 Technical Academies of Minnesota?
Technical Academies of Minnesota has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 146 students.
How much does Technical Academies of Minnesota spend per student?
Technical Academies of Minnesota spends $16,568 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Technical Academies of Minnesota?
Technical Academies of Minnesota students are 61.3% White, 30.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.