Life Prep
A public school district in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 134
- Students enrolled
- 11
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 22.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $19,931
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 134 in 2024–25
- Ranks 15,957th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 457th of 535 in Minnesota. Larger than 10% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $19,931 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 73% 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
Life Prep spent $19,931 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $13,456 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 | $19,931 | $3.5 million | 174 |
| FY2022 | $23,455 | $4.4 million | 187 |
| FY2021 | $13,455 | $3.1 million | 233 |
| FY2020 | $16,553 | $4.4 million | 266 |
| FY2019 | $13,462 | $4.2 million | 312 |
| FY2018 | $12,547 | $3.9 million | 307 |
| FY2017 | $12,606 | $3.9 million | 312 |
| FY2016 | $12,173 | $3.8 million | 312 |
| FY2015 | $11,923 | $3.9 million | 323 |
| FY2014 | $10,496 | $4.4 million | 417 |
| FY2013 | $11,642 | $4.2 million | 360 |
| FY2012 | $14,967 | $4.6 million | 306 |
| FY2011 | $13,077 | $3.9 million | 299 |
| FY2010 | $13,535 | $3.7 million | 271 |
| FY2009 | $14,570 | $3.5 million | 237 |
| FY2008 | $11,316 | $2.6 million | 228 |
| FY2007 | $8,858 | $1.5 million | 169 |
| FY2006 | $10,046 | $1.1 million | 108 |
| FY2005 | $13,456 | $1.1 million | 79 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $686.0 thousand | 19.6% |
| State | $2.8 million | 79.7% |
| Local | $25.0 thousand | 0.7% |
| Total | $3.5 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 |
|---|---|
| LIFE Prep | 134 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- LIFE PREP
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 6
- NCES district ID
- 2700156
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