Pine River-Backus School District
A public school district in Pine River, Minnesota, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 906
- Students enrolled
- 65.6
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 138
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,348
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 906 in 2024–25
- Ranks 7,925th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 180th of 535 in Minnesota. Larger than 55% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,348 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 29% 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
Pine River-Backus School District spent $13,348 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,241 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 | $13,348 | $12.1 million | 903 |
| FY2022 | $12,830 | $11.7 million | 915 |
| FY2021 | $12,177 | $11.0 million | 903 |
| FY2020 | $11,402 | $10.8 million | 945 |
| FY2019 | $11,240 | $10.6 million | 944 |
| FY2018 | $10,802 | $10.3 million | 956 |
| FY2017 | $10,050 | $9.7 million | 965 |
| FY2016 | $10,118 | $9.5 million | 935 |
| FY2015 | $9,776 | $9.1 million | 930 |
| FY2014 | $9,687 | $9.0 million | 931 |
| FY2013 | $9,627 | $8.9 million | 928 |
| FY2012 | $9,323 | $8.6 million | 925 |
| FY2011 | $9,203 | $8.6 million | 939 |
| FY2010 | $9,360 | $8.8 million | 939 |
| FY2009 | $9,450 | $8.8 million | 933 |
| FY2008 | $9,114 | $9.0 million | 987 |
| FY2007 | $8,968 | $9.0 million | 1,006 |
| FY2006 | $8,748 | $9.3 million | 1,063 |
| FY2005 | $8,241 | $9.0 million | 1,087 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.4 million | 10.7% |
| State | $9.2 million | 68.1% |
| Local | $2.9 million | 21.3% |
| Total | $13.6 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
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Pine River-Backus Elementary | 478 |
| Pine River-Backus High School | 371 |
| Pine River-Backus ALP | 57 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- PINE RIVER-BACKUS 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
- 2728970
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