Great Expectations
A public school district in Grand Marais, Minnesota, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 113
- Students enrolled
- 12.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 28.7
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,809
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 113 in 2024–25
- Ranks 16,310th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 475th of 535 in Minnesota. Larger than 8% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $14,809 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 43% 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
Great Expectations spent $14,809 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,639 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 | $14,809 | $2.0 million | 136 |
| FY2022 | $13,205 | $1.7 million | 127 |
| FY2021 | $13,901 | $1.5 million | 111 |
| FY2020 | $14,736 | $1.6 million | 106 |
| FY2019 | $14,457 | $1.5 million | 105 |
| FY2018 | $12,829 | $1.3 million | 105 |
| FY2017 | $11,704 | $1.1 million | 98 |
| FY2016 | $11,815 | $957.0 thousand | 81 |
| FY2015 | $11,000 | $858.0 thousand | 78 |
| FY2014 | $10,128 | $871.0 thousand | 86 |
| FY2013 | $9,744 | $760.0 thousand | 78 |
| FY2012 | $9,443 | $661.0 thousand | 70 |
| FY2011 | $9,046 | $588.0 thousand | 65 |
| FY2010 | $9,500 | $570.0 thousand | 60 |
| FY2009 | $7,917 | $475.0 thousand | 60 |
| FY2008 | $8,766 | $412.0 thousand | 47 |
| FY2007 | $11,410 | $445.0 thousand | 39 |
| FY2006 | $10,694 | $385.0 thousand | 36 |
| FY2005 | $8,639 | $311.0 thousand | 36 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $167.0 thousand | 7.5% |
| State | $2.0 million | 89.0% |
| Local | $77.0 thousand | 3.5% |
| Total | $2.2 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
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Great Expectations | 113 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 8
- NCES district ID
- 2700339
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