Highest Spending Districts in Minnesota Per-pupil expenditure ranking. Districts with 500+ enrollment. Data from NCES F-33 Finance Survey.
$113,930
Top Spender
Intermediate School District 287
# District Per-Pupil $ Enrollment Schools 1. Intermediate School District 287 PLYMOUTH $113,930 853 50 2. NORTHEAST METRO 916 WHITE BEAR LAKE $79,670 845 18 3. INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 917 ROSEMOUNT $57,934 668 15 4. MACCRAY School District CLARA CITY $55,651 736 2 5. MAPLE RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT MAPLETON $51,288 938 2 6. Rock Ridge Public Schools VIRGINIA $47,595 2,406 5 7. ELY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ELY $44,435 542 3 8. DAWSON-BOYD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT DAWSON $37,013 549 2 9. WHITE BEAR LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHITE BEAR LAKE $34,074 8,543 25 10. ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA SCHOOL DISTRICT ZUMBROTA $33,860 1,249 4 11. ROSEAU PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ROSEAU $33,679 1,152 3 12. RTR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TYLER $33,165 620 3 13. JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL SCHOOL DIST. JACKSON $32,734 1,107 4 14. MORA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT MORA $31,958 1,642 4 15. RED LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT RED LAKE $30,172 1,437 10 16. BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA SCHOOL DIST BELGRADE $29,367 645 2 17. North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale MAPLEWOOD $28,292 10,368 24 18. BARNESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. BARNESVILLE $26,635 912 2 19. CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS CASS LAKE $26,386 1,138 4 20. Minneapolis Public School District MINNEAPOLIS $26,112 29,205 97 21. BEST ACADEMY MINNEAPOLIS $25,694 617 2 22. DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON DILWORTH $25,517 1,561 3 23. LITCHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT LITCHFIELD $25,517 1,543 5 24. ONAMIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ONAMIA $25,230 564 5 25. BRANDON-EVANSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BRANDON $25,219 535 4 26. ST. CHARLES PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SAINT CHARLES $25,144 994 2 27. Lac qui Parle Valley Schools MADISON $24,507 805 4 28. SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SPRINGFIELD $24,472 591 2 29. OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OWATONNA $24,438 4,926 14 30. Watertown-Mayer Public School Dist WATERTOWN $24,218 1,506 5 31. Saint Paul Public Schools SAINT PAUL $24,161 32,316 99 32. ST. PAUL CITY SCHOOL SAINT PAUL $24,144 538 3 33. BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT BRAINERD $23,936 6,232 13 34. JANESVILLE-WALDORF-PEMBERTON JANESVILLE $23,854 697 2 35. Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools WAUBUN $23,815 728 5 36. LAKEVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT COTTONWOOD $22,912 713 2 37. ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ROCHESTER $22,548 17,492 48 38. CROSBY-IRONTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. CROSBY $22,429 1,011 2 39. DEER RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT DEER RIVER $22,375 885 4 40. GOODHUE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT GOODHUE $22,238 706 2 41. HIBBING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT HIBBING $22,185 2,123 6 42. YELLOW MEDICINE EAST GRANITE FALLS $22,156 616 3 43. RICHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT RICHFIELD $22,144 4,139 10 44. LA CRESCENT-HOKAH SCHOOL DISTRICT LA CRESCENT $21,956 1,028 3 45. Moorhead Area Public Schools MOORHEAD $21,867 7,412 16 46. WORTHINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WORTHINGTON $21,857 3,343 7 47. BROOKLYN CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT BROOKLYN CENTER $21,684 2,124 11 48. ST. LOUIS PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. SAINT LOUIS PARK $21,652 4,509 12 49. PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC. RICHFIELD $21,561 523 1 50. ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT VIRGINIA $21,082 1,954 9
Explore More for Minnesota Methodology Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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