Regular local school district · Cottonwood County
Mountain Lake Public Schools, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Mountain Lake Public Schools runs 2 public schools with 498 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.8 students per teacher is 2.4 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "MOUNTAIN LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 498
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 450 12th St N, Mountain Lake, MN 56159
- Phone
- (507)427-2325
- County
- Cottonwood County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2723010
- State district ID
- MN-010173
- Total staff (FTE)
- 89
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 498 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.8
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 (505), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $9.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $6.1 million
- Local revenue
- $2.3 million
- Total spending
- $10.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,655
- Salaries
- $4.2 million38.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $23.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.6%
- State: 64.5%
- Local: 23.8%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,655
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Mountain Lake Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Mountain Lake Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 257 | 12.2 |
| Mountain Lake Secondary | High | 7 to 12 | 241 | 14.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cottonwood County
- Windom Public School District 1,187 students
- Westbrook-Walnut Grove Schools 497 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.