At $18,204 per pupil, Watershed High School ranks #83 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
49
Total Enrollment
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$18,204
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Watershed High School operates 1 public schools serving 49 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $18,204 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 3.1% local, 71.9% state, and 25.0% 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 89.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.6% White, 17.5% Hispanic or Latino, 14.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Watershed High School, enrolling 57 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Watershed High School accounts for 100.0% of all Watershed High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Watershed High School a distant remainder — means Watershed High School-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.
Watershed High School reports 55.1% 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.
Watershed High School chronic absenteeism rate is 89.5% — 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.
Watershed High School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 49 students.
How much does Watershed High School spend per student?
Watershed High School spends $18,204 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Watershed High School?
Watershed High School students are 52.6% White, 17.5% Hispanic or Latino, 14.0% African American, 1.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.