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Waterville, Minnesota - 4 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Waterville-Elysian-Morristown #262 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,671 per pupil, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown ranks #305 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
767
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,671
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown operates 4 public schools serving 767 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary, 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 Le Sueur County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,671 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.6% local, 58.1% state, and 9.3% 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 42/100, ranked #262 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 261.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 32.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.9% White, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Jr., with a diversity index of 20.9/100.
Its largest campus is Waterville Elementary, enrolling 264 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Waterville Elementary accounts for 34.4% of all Waterville-Elysian-Morristown student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Waterville-Elysian-Morristown-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown school enrollment ranges from 105 students (lowest) to 264 students (highest), a spread of 159 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown student-counselor ratio is 262:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Waterville-Elysian-Morristown is typically wider than the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown-aggregate figure suggests.
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown chronic absenteeism rate is 32.1% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Waterville-Elysian-Morristown's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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