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Brooklyn Center, Minnesota - 1 schools
At $17,100 per pupil, Twin Lakes Stem Academy ranks #88 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Twin Lakes Stem Academy operates 1 public schools serving 147 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 Hennepin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,100 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 2.5% local, 70.4% state, and 27.1% 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 35.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.6% African American, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Twin Lakes Stem Academy, enrolling 217 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Twin Lakes Stem Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Twin Lakes Stem Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Twin Lakes Stem Academy a distant remainder — means Twin Lakes Stem Academy-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.
Twin Lakes Stem Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 87.8% 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 a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Twin Lakes Stem Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 35.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Twin Lakes Stem Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 147 students.
How much does Twin Lakes Stem Academy spend per student?
Twin Lakes Stem Academy spends $17,100 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Twin Lakes Stem Academy?
Twin Lakes Stem Academy students are 92.6% African American, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.