Regular local school district · Polk County
Fosston Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Fosston Public School District runs 2 public schools with 596 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is 2.2 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "FOSSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 596
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 301 1st St E, Fosston, MN 56542
- Phone
- (218)435-6335
- County
- Polk County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2712300
- State district ID
- MN-010601
- Total staff (FTE)
- 97
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.0
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 (588), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $10.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $7.4 million
- Local revenue
- $2.4 million
- Total spending
- $15.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $25,784
- Salaries
- $5.2 million34.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.3%
- State: 67.7%
- Local: 22.0%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$25,784
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Fosston Public School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Fosston Secondary | High | 7 to 12 | 256 | 13.5 |
| Magelssen Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 340 | 13.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Polk County
- East Grand Forks Public Schools 2,005 students
- Crookston Public School District 1,140 students
- Fertile-Beltrami School District 495 students
- Win-E-Mac School District 458 students
- Fisher Public School District 222 students
- Climax-Shelly Public Schools 159 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.