An equity score of 68/100 ranks Upper Mississippi Academy #80 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,830 per pupil, Upper Mississippi Academy ranks #43 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
206
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$20,830
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Upper Mississippi Academy operates 2 public schools serving 206 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 middle 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 Ramsey County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,830 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 1.5% local, 86.8% state, and 11.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 68/100, ranked #80 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 50.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
Upper Mississippi High Academy accounts for 63.6% of all Upper Mississippi Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Upper Mississippi Academy a distant remainder — means Upper Mississippi Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Upper Mississippi Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 50.6% — 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.