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Forest Lake Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Forest Lake Public School District runs 15 public schools with 5,776 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.3 students per teacher is 4.1 higher than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 5,776
- Teachers (FTE)
- 299
- Students per teacher
- 19.3
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 6100 210th St N, Forest Lake, MN 55025
- Phone
- (651)982-8103
- County
- Washington County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2712270
- State district ID
- MN-010831
- Total staff (FTE)
- 778
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.3
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 (5,914), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $98.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.8 million
- State revenue
- $58.4 million
- Local revenue
- $33.0 million
- Total spending
- $100.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,980
- Salaries
- $49.5 million49.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $167.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.9%
- State: 59.5%
- Local: 33.6%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,980
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Forest Lake Public School District
By level: 5 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Columbus Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 441 | 21.0 |
| Community School Credit Recovery | High | 9 to 12 | 34 | |
| Early Childhood Special Education | Prekindergarten | PK | 103 | 34.3 |
| Forest Lake Area Community School | High | 6 to 12 | 113 | 11.3 |
| Forest Lake Area High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,805 | 24.7 |
| Forest Lake Area Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 916 | 19.5 |
| Forest Lake Elementary | Middle | 4 to 6 | 309 | 18.2 |
| Forest Lake Therapeutic Education | High | 7 to 12 | 4 | |
| Forest View Elementary | Elementary | PK to 3 | 345 | 15.7 |
| Lino Lakes Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 501 | 16.7 |
| Linwood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 400 | 16.7 |
| Out-of-State Care and Treatment | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Scandia Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 311 | 18.3 |
| Step | High | 10 to 12 | 47 | 23.5 |
| Wyoming Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 447 | 18.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Washington County
- South Washington County Schools 19,578 students
- Stillwater Area Public Schools 8,455 students
- Mahtomedi Public School District 3,285 students
- Lakes International Language Academ 1,442 students
- St. Croix Preparatory Academy 1,212 students
- Woodbury Leadership Academy 878 students
- Math and Science Academy 720 students
- North Lakes Academy 465 students
- Marine Area Community School 112 students
- New Heights School Inc. 109 students
- Marine Village School 92 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.