Brainerd Public School District
A public school district in Brainerd, Minnesota, with 14 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 6,079
- Students enrolled
- 409
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 871.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,608
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 6,079 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,548th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 34th of 535 in Minnesota. Larger than 91% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $14,608 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 41% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Brainerd Public School District spent $14,608 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,687 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $14,608 | $91.0 million | 6,232 |
| FY2022 | $14,387 | $90.7 million | 6,306 |
| FY2021 | $13,036 | $83.7 million | 6,420 |
| FY2020 | $12,359 | $83.8 million | 6,782 |
| FY2019 | $12,115 | $82.5 million | 6,812 |
| FY2018 | $12,016 | $81.0 million | 6,744 |
| FY2017 | $11,409 | $76.9 million | 6,738 |
| FY2016 | $11,397 | $75.4 million | 6,617 |
| FY2015 | $11,290 | $74.2 million | 6,575 |
| FY2014 | $10,891 | $71.8 million | 6,594 |
| FY2013 | $10,774 | $70.4 million | 6,531 |
| FY2012 | $10,393 | $68.6 million | 6,603 |
| FY2011 | $10,513 | $70.1 million | 6,668 |
| FY2010 | $10,031 | $67.9 million | 6,769 |
| FY2009 | $12,919 | $87.3 million | 6,758 |
| FY2008 | $9,626 | $68.0 million | 7,060 |
| FY2007 | $9,279 | $66.3 million | 7,149 |
| FY2006 | $9,012 | $64.4 million | 7,142 |
| FY2005 | $8,687 | $62.4 million | 7,187 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $11.1 million | 9.5% |
| State | $71.5 million | 61.7% |
| Local | $33.3 million | 28.8% |
| Total | $115.8 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
14 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Baxter Elementary | 506 |
| Brainerd Early Childhood SP. Ed. | 151 |
| Brainerd Senior High | 1,805 |
| Brainerd Online School | 0 |
| Forestview Middle | 1,626 |
| Garfield Elementary | 250 |
| Harrison Elementary | 230 |
| ISD 181 Learning Center | 166 |
| Lincoln Education Center | 105 |
| Lowell Elementary | 355 |
| Middle Level Alternative Program | 14 |
| Nisswa Elementary | 249 |
| Riverside Elementary | 407 |
| Welc - VPK | 215 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2706090
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Minnesota — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Minnesota — A to Z, each with its page.
- Minnesota on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved