Regular local school district · Faribault County
Blue Earth Area School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Blue Earth Area School District runs 4 public schools with 1,064 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,064
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71
- Students per teacher
- 15.0
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 315 E 6th St, Blue Earth, MN 56013
- Phone
- (507)526-3188
- County
- Faribault County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2700130
- State district ID
- MN-012860
- Total staff (FTE)
- 162
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.0
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 (1,060), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $16.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.8 million
- State revenue
- $11.1 million
- Local revenue
- $3.2 million
- Total spending
- $14.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,891
- Salaries
- $7.8 million53.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $10.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.0%
- State: 69.1%
- Local: 19.8%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,891
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Blue Earth Area School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Blue Earth Area Early Childhood Spe | Prekindergarten | PK | 8 | |
| Blue Earth Area Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 515 | 15.6 |
| Blue Earth Area Middle | Middle | 6 to 7 | 163 | 11.6 |
| Blue Earth Area Secondary | High | 8 to 12 | 378 | 18.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Faribault County
- United South Central Schools 763 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.