Regular local school district · Freeborn County
Albert Lea Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Albert Lea Public School District runs 9 public schools with 3,335 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 3,335
- Teachers (FTE)
- 230
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 211 W Richway Dr, Albert Lea, MN 56007
- Phone
- (507)379-4800
- County
- Freeborn County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2702970
- State district ID
- MN-010241
- Total staff (FTE)
- 497
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 834 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.5
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,500), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $59.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.5 million
- State revenue
- $42.9 million
- Local revenue
- $10.6 million
- Total spending
- $59.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,947
- Salaries
- $29.0 million48.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $41.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 72.7%
- Local: 17.9%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,947
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Albert Lea Public School District
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Albert Lea Area Learning Center | High | 6 to 12 | 113 | 28.2 |
| Albert Lea Secondary Online Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 37 | |
| Albert Lea Senior HighCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 1,196 | 16.2 |
| Brookside Early Childhood Sp EdCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 68 | 5.7 |
| Halverson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 360 | 15.0 |
| Hawthorne ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 400 | 13.8 |
| Lakeview ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 400 | 14.3 |
| Sibley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 275 | 12.5 |
| Southwest MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 7 | 486 | 14.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Freeborn County
- Alden-Conger Public School District 444 students
- Glenville-Emmons School District 236 students
More in Minnesota
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.