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Grand Rapids Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Grand Rapids Public School District runs 11 public schools with 3,972 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.1 students per teacher is 1.9 higher than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 3,972
- Teachers (FTE)
- 232
- Students per teacher
- 17.1
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 650 SW 7th Ave, Grand Rapids, MN 55744
- Phone
- (218)327-5704
- County
- Itasca County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2713170
- State district ID
- MN-010318
- Total staff (FTE)
- 502
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 497 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.1
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 (3,964), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $75.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.9 million
- State revenue
- $41.0 million
- Local revenue
- $28.3 million
- Total spending
- $78.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,733
- Salaries
- $34.4 million44.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $94.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.8%
- State: 54.6%
- Local: 37.6%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,733
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Grand Rapids Public School District
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bigfork Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 139 | 15.4 |
| Bigfork Secondary | High | 7 to 12 | 130 | 13.0 |
| Cohasset Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 312 | 18.4 |
| East Rapids Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 639 | 16.8 |
| Grand Rapids Area Learning Center | High | 8 to 12 | 129 | 32.2 |
| Grand Rapids Early Childhood Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 63 | 10.5 |
| Grand Rapids Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,091 | 19.8 |
| Itaskin Education Center | Other | 4 to 12 | 39 | 6.5 |
| Middle Area Learning Center | Middle | 5 to 8 | 54 | |
| Robert J. Elkington Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 764 | 17.4 |
| West Rapids Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 612 | 17.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Itasca County
- Greenway Public School District 970 students
- Deer River Public School District 833 students
- Nashwauk-Keewatin School District 541 students
- Northern Lights Community School 91 students
- Infinity: Minnesota Digital Academy 0 students
- Itasca Area Schools Collaborative
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.