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Elk River, Minnesota - 1 schools
At $11,558 per pupil, Three Rivers Montessori School ranks #460 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$11,558
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Three Rivers Montessori School operates 1 public schools serving 157 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 Sherburne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,558 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 51 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 3.1% local, 77.4% state, and 19.5% 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 47.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.1% White, 3.4% African American, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Three Rivers Montessori School accounts for 75.8% of all Three Rivers Montessori School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Three Rivers Montessori School a distant remainder — means Three Rivers Montessori School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Three Rivers Montessori School chronic absenteeism rate is 47.9% — 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 Three Rivers Montessori School'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 Three Rivers Montessori School?
Three Rivers Montessori School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 157 students.
How much does Three Rivers Montessori School spend per student?
Three Rivers Montessori School spends $11,558 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Three Rivers Montessori School?
Three Rivers Montessori School students are 89.1% White, 3.4% African American, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.