At $22,395 per pupil, Twin Lakes Stem Academy ranks #34 of 509 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 $22,395 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 51 of 509 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 largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Twin Lakes Stem Academy reports 87.8% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
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 $22,395 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.