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24
districts
10
categories

Minnesota School
Spending Explorer

A decade of school spending — made readable. Select a district, explore its history, compare it to others across Minnesota. Categories are the state’s own UFARS program groups.

↗ 2014-15 – 2024-25 · 24 districts across Minnesota · source: MDE UFARS
District
Show
Dollars
Fund
Spending by category
Where every dollar went, using MDE’s own UFARS program groups
Revenue by source
 
Spending
Latest year, by program group
Spending per pupil vs enrollment
Funding follows pupils — the gap between these lines is the budget story
Spending per pupil
Enrollment
District comparison
Side by side — see where they differ
Superimposed comparison — any category, both districts
 
Metric
Minnetonka
Eden Prairie
District rankings
Rank by
# District Amount Enrollment Per pupil

24 districts chosen to span Minnesota’s funding landscape — metro, Iron Range, ag, tribal and regional centers. The pipeline covers all 553.

Data source: Minnesota Department of Education UFARS reports — public record — education.mn.gov civicsdata.org — no ads, no agenda — we show our math