Regular local school district · Houston County
Houston Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Houston Public School District runs 6 public schools with 1,934 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.5 students per teacher is 1.7 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 1,934
- Teachers (FTE)
- 143
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 306 W Elm St, Houston, MN 55943
- Phone
- (507)896-5323
- County
- Houston County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2714280
- State district ID
- MN-010294
- Total staff (FTE)
- 221
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 276 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.5
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 (2,693), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $32.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $29.1 million
- Local revenue
- $2.3 million
- Total spending
- $31.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,734
- Salaries
- $12.9 million40.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $4.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.2%
- State: 89.7%
- Local: 7.0%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,734
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Houston Public School District
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Houston Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 247 | 11.8 |
| Houston Secondary | High | 7 to 12 | 234 | 14.6 |
| Minnesota Virtual Academy Elementar | Elementary | K to 5 | 392 | 19.6 |
| Minnesota Virtual Academy High | High | 9 to 12 | 706 | 13.3 |
| Minnesota Virtual Academy Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 333 | 11.9 |
| Summit Learning Program | High | 9 to 12 | 22 | 7.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Houston County
- La Crescent-Hokah School District 998 students
- Caledonia Public School District 693 students
- Spring Grove School District 349 students
- La Crescent Montessori & STEM Schoo 101 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.