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DEER RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

Deer River, Minnesota · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

833
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
87
Classroom teachers (FTE)
9.6:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 50
  • Kindergarten 60
  • Grade 1 53
  • Grade 2 60
  • Grade 3 56
  • Grade 4 62
  • Grade 5 54
  • Grade 6 62
  • Grade 7 64
  • Grade 8 68
  • Grade 9 59
  • Grade 10 69
  • Grade 11 62
  • Grade 12 54

By race/ethnicity

  • White 51%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 31%
  • Two or more races 16%
  • Hispanic/Latino 1%
  • Asian <1%
  • Black or African American <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 526 of 828 students in the 3 of its 4 schools that report
  • Free lunch 53%
  • Reduced-price lunch 10%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$21,331 spent per student on day-to-day operations Minnesota median: $15,494 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $12,459
  • Support services $7,743
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,129

Where the money comes from

  • Local 20%
  • State 62%
  • Federal 18%

Total revenue $21.0 milliontotal spending $24.7 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

160

District office

101 1ST AVE NE, Deer River MN 56636

County

Itasca County

Official website

NCES District ID

2710140

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About DEER RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Deer River community has a tradition of being proud of its schools and supporting its students, and with good reason! Our schools have been recognized for student achievement and continuous improvement, mainly due to our commitment to individualizing instruction for students and providing a supportive environment for learning. Everyone in the Deer River school system is a learner, from the smallest preschooler to the superintendent. By focusing on learning and the learner, we have been able to continue to see gains in student achievement, professional expertise, and community involvement. We hope you find our website to be a resource for learning about our schools and a way to access the information you need!
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