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Willmar, Minnesota - 2 schools
At $15,780 per pupil, Technical Academies of Minnesota ranks #143 of 504 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 $15,780 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 504 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 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.
Technical Academies of Minnesota has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.5% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
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 $15,780 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.