Minnesota · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Minnesota Top 50 districts ranked by per-pupil expenditure from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey, limited to districts with 500 or more students.
$26,444 Top per-pupil spend
$17,243 Avg across top 50
50 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Red Lake Public School District spends $26,444 per student, the most of any Minnesota district listed, against an average of $17,243 across the top 50.
$26,444 top spend (Red Lake Public School District)
$15,139 lowest on this list
1.7× spread across the listed districts
1,437 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Red Lake Public School District Red Lake 1,437 10 $26,444 2 Best Academy Minneapolis 617 2 $22,720 3 Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools Cass Lake 1,138 4 $22,334 4 St. Paul City School Saint Paul 538 3 $21,569 5 Minneapolis Public School District Minneapolis 29,205 97 $21,154 6 Onamia Public School District Onamia 564 5 $20,656 7 Saint Paul Public Schools Saint Paul 32,316 99 $20,457 8 Deer River Public School District Deer River 885 4 $19,486 9 Partnership Academy Inc. Richfield 523 1 $19,350 10 Brooklyn Center School District Brooklyn Center 2,124 11 $18,511 11 Prodeo Academy Columbia Heights 961 6 $17,966 12 Duluth Public Schools Academy Duluth 908 2 $17,888 13 Faribault Public School District Faribault 3,312 12 $17,493 14 St. Louis County School District Virginia 1,954 9 $17,445 15 Twin Cities Academy Saint Paul 512 1 $17,398 16 Ely Public School District Ely 542 3 $17,222 17 Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools Burnsville 7,822 20 $17,149 18 Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools Waubun 728 5 $16,914 19 Richfield Public School District Richfield 4,139 10 $16,900 20 Beacon Academy Crystal 547 1 $16,827 21 West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan Mendota Heights 5,116 13 $16,628 22 Winona Area Public School District Winona 2,455 8 $16,550 23 Excell Academy Charter Brooklyn Park 510 1 $16,513 24 Robbinsdale Public School District New Hope 11,010 28 $16,508 25 Hiawatha Academies Minneapolis 1,547 4 $16,405 26 Fridley Public School District Fridley 2,788 10 $16,352 27 Bloomington Public School District Bloomington 10,361 24 $16,325 28 New Century School Saint Paul 514 3 $16,316 29 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Schl. Dist Walker 736 2 $16,221 30 St. Louis Park Public School Dist. Saint Louis Park 4,509 12 $16,216 31 Hope Community Academy Saint Paul 767 3 $16,194 32 Mahnomen Public School District Mahnomen 665 3 $16,143 33 New Millennium Academy Brooklyn Center 818 1 $16,044 34 Yellow Medicine East Granite Falls 616 3 $15,985 35 St. Cloud Public School District Waite Park 9,286 26 $15,904 36 Northfield Public School District Northfield 3,857 11 $15,875 37 Hibbing Public School District Hibbing 2,123 6 $15,763 38 Columbia Heights Public School Dist Columbia Heights 3,281 11 $15,723 39 Hopkins Public School District Hopkins 6,833 15 $15,659 40 Roseville Public School District Roseville 7,356 17 $15,642 41 Osseo Public School District Maple Grove 20,737 33 $15,525 42 Mesabi East School District Aurora 889 2 $15,497 43 North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale Maplewood 10,368 24 $15,432 44 Mountain Lake Public Schools Mountain Lake 501 2 $15,428 45 International Falls School District International Falls 894 2 $15,405 46 Kenyon-Wanamingo School District Wanamingo 654 3 $15,325 47 Albert Lea Public School District Albert Lea 3,460 9 $15,247 48 Mountain Iron-Buhl School District Mountain Iron 618 2 $15,159 49 Minnewaska School District Glenwood 1,347 7 $15,150 50 Prairie Seeds Academy Brooklyn Park 789 3 $15,139
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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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