Regular local school district · Mower County
Austin Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Austin Public School District runs 13 public schools with 5,385 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 5,385
- Teachers (FTE)
- 356
- Students per teacher
- 15.1
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 401 NW 3rd Ave, Austin, MN 55912
- Phone
- (507)460-1900
- County
- Mower County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2703450
- State district ID
- MN-010492
- Total staff (FTE)
- 658
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 490 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.1
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 (5,034), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $81.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.2 million
- State revenue
- $59.5 million
- Local revenue
- $14.2 million
- Total spending
- $83.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,555
- Salaries
- $42.3 million50.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $63.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.1%
- State: 72.6%
- Local: 17.3%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,555
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Austin Public School District
By level: 4 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 2 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Austin Area Learning CenterCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 172 | 43.0 |
| Austin Area Learning Cntr. - Summer | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Austin Community Learning CenterCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 87 | 12.4 |
| Austin Online Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 111 | 27.8 |
| Austin Senior HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,485 | 18.1 |
| Banfield ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 574 | 14.7 |
| CLC - Pre-KindergartenCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 210 | 12.4 |
| Ellis MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 726 | 14.8 |
| I.J. Holton Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 712 | 14.0 |
| Neveln ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 381 | 12.7 |
| New Dominion Academy | Other | K to 12 | 1 | |
| Southgate ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 539 | 13.8 |
| Sumner ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 387 | 13.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Mower County
- Southland Public School District 520 students
- Grand Meadow Public School District 443 students
- Lyle Public School District 306 students
- Leroy-Ostrander Public Schools 258 students
- Southern MN Education Consortium 181 students
- Austin Albert Lea Area Special Educ 40 students
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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.