Southern MN Education Consortium

A public school district in Austin, Minnesota, with 14 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

181
Students enrolled: 31.2
Teachers, full-time equivalent: Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.; 103.2
All staff, full-time equivalent: No figure: the district reported no current spending or no pupils
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023

How this compares

Students enrolled: 181 in 2024–25: Ranks 15,191st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 426th of 535 in Minnesota. Larger than 14% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →

Spending and revenue

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Southern MN Education Consortium by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
Source	Revenue	Share of total
Federal	$956.0 thousand	10.8%
State	$4.9 million	55.2%
Local	$3.0 million	34.1%
Total	$8.9 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

Schools in Southern MN Education Consortium
School	City	Level	Students
CARDS Program	Leroy	Other	16
Enrich Alden	Alden	Other	17
Enrich GM	Grand Meadow	Other	6
Enrich Kingsland	Spring Valley	Other	10
First Step - Kingsland	Spring Valley	Prekindergarten	9
First Step Adams	Adams	Prekindergarten	9
First Step Alden	Alden	Prekindergarten	3
Next Step East (Grand Meadow)	Grand Meadow	High	4
Next Step West (Alden)	Alden	High	6
Reset	Austin	Other	11
Smec Alc	Austin	High	70
SMEC Credit Recovery	Austin	High	0
Success East	Adams	Other	16
Success West	Glenville	Other	4

The district’s entry

Status: Open
Type: Specialized public school district
Charter status: Not a charter district
Grades: Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID: 2700327

Elsewhere

Public schools in Minnesota — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
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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 2010 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 2010 to 2023.

Data retrieved September 25, 2026