School District 196 Releases Financial Data

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Editor’s Note: This following information is from a press release from School District 196. To see the entire press release, click here.

Statewide data on school district expenditures for fiscal year 2011 shows that District 196 had total general fund operating expenditures that were slightly more per pupil than the averages for school districts in the state and metro area, but less than the average of the state’s 10 largest districts.

Each year, the Minnesota Department of Education compiles financial data for all of the nearly 350 operating school districts in the state. That data is then combined by SchoolFinances.com, a Minnesota company that provides school districts with financial information for planning and management decisions. The SchoolFinances.com database allows for comparisons by district or group of districts. In FY2011, District 196 spent $524 per pupil more on regular instruction and $90 per pupil less on district-level administration compared to the averages of the 48 metro-area school districts.

For total general fund operating expenditures, District 196 spent $10,002 per pupil in fiscal year 2011, which was: 

• $269 more per pupil than the state average of $9,733.

• $381 more per pupil than the average of $9,621 for the 48 metro-area school districts.

• $303 less per pupil than the average of $10,305 for the state’s 10 largest school districts.

The state’s 10 largest school districts, in order from largest, are St. Paul, Anoka-Hennepin, Minneapolis, District 196, Osseo, South Washington County, Rochester, Elk River, Robbinsdale and North St. Paul-Maplewood.