Specialized school district · Minnesota
Southern Plains Education Coop.
Southern Plains Education Coop. in Minnesota: 4 public schools with 94 students and 6.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year.
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 94
- Students per teacher
- 6.3
- MN 14.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- —
- MN $16.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.9
- Counselors (FTE)
- —
- Students per counselor
- —
- MN 476 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.3
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Minnesota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Minnesota: 49%Not published: too few students tested.
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Minnesota: 47%Not published: too few students tested.
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 16% · $1.4M
- State
- 37% · $3.1M
- Local
- 47% · $4M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- —
- Support services
- —
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $961K
- Long-term debt
- $9.7M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Southern Plains Education Coop.Special education | Pre-K–K | 19 | 7.1 |
Southern Plains Area Learning Cntr.AlternativeFree meals for all | 8–12 | 47 | 10.3 |
Positive Approach To LearningSpecial educationFree meals for all | K–12 | 5 | 3.7 |
Southern Plains BridgesSpecial educationFree meals for all | K–12 | 23 | 4.1 |
Sources
- Address
- 1200 North Park Street, Fairmont, MN 56031
- Phone
- (507)238-1472
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.