Other / mixed grade configuration · White Bear Lake, MN

White Bear Lake District Center

Federal NCES profile for White Bear Lake District Center, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 274236002452
97 students enrolled

Enrollment

97

Minnesota · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

6.4%

vs 42.8% Minnesota avg

-85% vs state

What stands out at White Bear Lake District Center

White Bear Lake District Center is a lower-poverty, mid-sized combined-grade school in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, enrolling 97 students.

Comparatively few students face economic hardship here, 6.4% free-meal eligibility runs 85% below the Minnesota average.

Enrollment of 97 puts it in the smaller third of Minnesota schools by headcount.

Its student body is predominantly White (83% of enrollment) (diversity index 31/100).

White Bear Lake School District also operates White Bear North Campus Senior (1,359 students) and White Bear South Campus Senior (1,111 students) alongside White Bear Lake District Center.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How White Bear Lake District Center compares

White Bear Lake District Center on the metrics families compare, against Minnesota and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Minnesota Minnesota avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 6.4% ▼ 85% 42.8% 51.7%
Enrollment 97 top 71% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

97
Bigger than 10% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
6.4%
free-lunch eligible - 85% below the Minnesota average of 42.8%
Below the 40% Title I threshold, among the lower-need profiles in the state; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Funding equity
$15,098
per pupil, district-wide - below Minnesota avg of $15,270
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 82.5%
Hispanic or Latino 9.3%
Asian 5.2%
Two or More 2.1%
African American 1.0%

Largest group: White at 82.5% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 30.7/100

Simpson diversity index - at 30.7, White Bear Lake District Center is less mixed than the Minnesota school average of 42.8.

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for White Bear Lake School District, which includes White Bear Lake District Center.

$15,098
Per student
-1%
vs Minnesota
Avg $15,270
-9%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 38.9%
State 51.9%
Federal 9.3%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How White Bear Lake District Center Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
White Bear North Campus Senior Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
White Bear South Campus Senior Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Central Middle Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Sunrise Park Middle Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Matoska International Larger Higher economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to White Bear Lake District Center's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

White Bear Lake School District · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Minnesota, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on White Bear Lake District Center's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about White Bear Lake District Center

How many students attend White Bear Lake District Center?

White Bear Lake District Center has 97 students enrolled. It is a special-education school in White Bear Lake, MN.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at White Bear Lake District Center?

6.4% of students at White Bear Lake District Center are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Minnesota average of 42.8%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of White Bear Lake District Center?

The largest demographic group at White Bear Lake District Center is White at 82.5% of enrollment, in White Bear Lake, MN.

What other schools are in White Bear Lake School District?

Besides White Bear Lake District Center, White Bear Lake School District also operates White Bear North Campus Senior (1,359 students), White Bear South Campus Senior (1,111 students), and Central Middle (922 students). See the White Bear Lake School District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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