Regular local school district · Steele County
Medford Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Medford Public School District runs 2 public schools with 845 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 845
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 750 2nd Ave SE, Medford, MN 55049
- Phone
- (507)451-5250
- County
- Steele County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2719320
- State district ID
- MN-010763
- Total staff (FTE)
- 102
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 845 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.4
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 (894), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $974,000
- State revenue
- $8.9 million
- Local revenue
- $2.2 million
- Total spending
- $11.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,162
- Salaries
- $5.4 million45.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $9.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 73.7%
- Local: 18.2%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,162
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Medford Public School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Medford Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 466 | 14.1 |
| Medford Secondary | High | 7 to 12 | 379 | 17.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Steele County
- Owatonna Public School District 4,890 students
- Blooming Prairie Public Schools 864 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.