Regular local school district · Polk County
Climax-Shelly Public Schools, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Climax-Shelly Public Schools runs 2 public schools with 159 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.9 students per teacher is 5.3 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "CLIMAX-SHELLY PUBLIC SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 159
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16
- Students per teacher
- 9.9
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 111 E Broadway, Climax, MN 56523
- Phone
- (218)857-2385
- County
- Polk County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2709360
- State district ID
- MN-010592
- Total staff (FTE)
- 33
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.9
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 (199), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $272,000
- State revenue
- $2.5 million
- Local revenue
- $637,000
- Total spending
- $3.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,704
- Salaries
- $1.8 million54.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.0%
- State: 73.1%
- Local: 18.8%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,704
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Climax-Shelly Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Climax ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 65 | 9.3 |
| Climax SecondaryCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 94 | 13.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Polk County
- East Grand Forks Public Schools 2,005 students
- Crookston Public School District 1,140 students
- Fosston Public School District 596 students
- Fertile-Beltrami School District 495 students
- Win-E-Mac School District 458 students
- Fisher Public School District 222 students
- Area Special Education Cooperative
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.