Regular local school district · Cook County
Cook County Public Schools, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Cook County Public Schools runs 4 public schools with 475 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.8 students per teacher is 4.4 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 475
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44
- Students per teacher
- 10.8
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 101 W 5th St, Grand Marais, MN 55604
- Phone
- (218)387-2271
- County
- Cook County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2713110
- State district ID
- MN-010166
- Total staff (FTE)
- 90
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.8
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 (397), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $9.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.5 million
- State revenue
- $5.4 million
- Local revenue
- $3.0 million
- Total spending
- $8.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,531
- Salaries
- $4.8 million56.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.8%
- State: 54.7%
- Local: 30.5%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,531
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Cook County Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cook County Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 95 | 11.9 |
| Cook County Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 177 | 11.8 |
| Grand Marais Community | High | 6 to 12 | 0 | |
| Sawtooth Mountain Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 203 | 10.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cook County
- Great Expectations 113 students
- Birch Grove Community School 45 students
- Oshki Ogimaag Charter School 19 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.