Regular local school district · Swift County
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg School District runs 2 public schools with 777 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is 2.0 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 777
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 302 N 15th St, Kerkhoven, MN 56252
- Phone
- (320)264-1411
- County
- Swift County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2717120
- State district ID
- MN-010775
- Total staff (FTE)
- 122
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 389 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
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 (742), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $10.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.0 million
- State revenue
- $8.1 million
- Local revenue
- $1.6 million
- Total spending
- $10.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,810
- Salaries
- $5.2 million50.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $14.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 75.5%
- Local: 15.1%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,810
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Kerkhoven Secondary | High | 7 to 12 | 382 | 17.4 |
| Murdock Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 395 | 11.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Swift County
- Benson Public School District 760 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.