At $15,239 per pupil, Vermilion Country School ranks #207 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
46
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$15,239
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Vermilion Country School operates 1 public schools serving 46 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 St. Louis County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,239 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.9% local, 79.9% state, and 18.1% 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 48.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.0% White, 6.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Vermilion Country School, enrolling 50 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Vermilion Country School accounts for 100.0% of all Vermilion Country School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Vermilion Country School a distant remainder — means Vermilion Country School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Vermilion Country School reports 56.5% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Vermilion Country School chronic absenteeism rate is 48.0% — 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.
Vermilion Country School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 46 students.
How much does Vermilion Country School spend per student?
Vermilion Country School spends $15,239 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Vermilion Country School?
Vermilion Country School students are 62.0% White, 6.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.0% African American, 2.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.