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Mesabi East School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Mesabi East School District runs 2 public schools with 862 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "MESABI EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 862
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55
- Students per teacher
- 15.7
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 601 N 1st St W, Aurora, MN 55705
- Phone
- (218)229-3321
- County
- St. Louis County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2791450
- State district ID
- MN-012711
- Total staff (FTE)
- 112
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 862 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.7
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 (924), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $17.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.0 million
- State revenue
- $10.3 million
- Local revenue
- $5.0 million
- Total spending
- $18.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,268
- Salaries
- $8.2 million43.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $24.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.7%
- State: 59.3%
- Local: 29.0%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,268
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Mesabi East School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Mesabi East Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 470 | 15.2 |
| Mesabi East Secondary | High | 7 to 12 | 392 | 17.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in St. Louis County
- Duluth Public School District 8,723 students
- Rock Ridge Public Schools 2,288 students
- Hibbing Public School District 2,232 students
- Hermantown Community Schools 2,118 students
- St. Louis County School District 1,914 students
- Proctor Public School District 1,848 students
- Duluth Public Schools Academy 780 students
- Chisholm Public School District 640 students
- Mountain Iron-Buhl School District 637 students
- Ely Public School District 528 students
- North Shore Community School 355 students
- Harbor City International Charter 194 students
- Floodwood Public School District 168 students
- Northland Learning Center 164 students
- East Range Academy of Tech-Science 127 students
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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.