Regular local school district · McLeod County
Lester Prairie Public School Dist., MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Lester Prairie Public School Dist. runs 2 public schools with 435 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.0 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "LESTER PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 435
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 131 Hickory St N, Lester Prairie, MN 55354
- Phone
- (320)395-2521
- County
- McLeod County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2702640
- State district ID
- MN-010424
- Total staff (FTE)
- 57
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 435 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.0
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 (486), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $7.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $549,000
- State revenue
- $4.8 million
- Local revenue
- $2.3 million
- Total spending
- $16.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $33,691
- Salaries
- $2.7 million16.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $18.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.1%
- State: 62.9%
- Local: 30.0%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$33,691
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Lester Prairie Public School Dist.
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lester Prairie Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 213 | 12.5 |
| Lester Prairie Secondary | High | 7 to 12 | 222 | 18.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in McLeod County
- Hutchinson Public School District 2,722 students
- Glencoe-Silver Lake School District 1,390 students
- New Discoveries Montessori Academy 219 students
- New Century Academy 95 students
- Little Crow Tele-Media Network
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.