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Minneapolis, MN public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Minneapolis Public School District — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Minneapolis Public School District is the primary public district for Minneapolis, MN. It enrolls 29,205 students in 97 schools with 1,902 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $22,524 per pupil, 30% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
29,205NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
97Operating school count
Students per teacher
15.4Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$22,524Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Minneapolis

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
34.2%
$254,990,000
State revenue
55%
$410,967,000
Federal revenue
10.8%
$80,709,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Minneapolis property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 52 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Minneapolis numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

At $22,524 per pupil the district spends 30% more than the $17,320 metro median, outspending 83% of the districts covered. Instruction takes 52 cents of each dollar — $11,632 per student — with the remainder on transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Funding is split roughly evenly — 34.2% local, 55% state — so both the local tax base and the MN aid formula matter to what this district can spend. Federal aid contributes 10.8%, near the typical share for a large urban district.

29,205 students across 97 schools averages 301 students per building, and the district is smaller than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). That is a small-building district; neighbourhood elementary schools dominate the count. The 15.4:1 student-to-teacher ratio is ordinary for this set of districts (median 15.2:1). It counts all FTE teachers district-wide, so actual class sizes run higher.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Figures cover Minneapolis Public School District (LEAID 2721240) as one unit, not any single school in Minneapolis. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 2721240. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.