Charter agency · McLeod County
New Discoveries Montessori Academy, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
New Discoveries Montessori Academy runs 1 public school with 219 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 10.9 students per teacher is 4.3 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "NEW DISCOVERIES MONTESSORI ACADEMY".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 219
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20
- Students per teacher
- 10.9
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1000 5th Ave SE, Hutchinson, MN 55350
- Phone
- (320)234-6362
- County
- McLeod County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 2700277
- State district ID
- MN-074161
- Total staff (FTE)
- 57
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district10.9
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 (228), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $5.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $706,000
- State revenue
- $5.1 million
- Local revenue
- $61,000
- Total spending
- $5.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $25,474
- Salaries
- $2.5 million42.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $113,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 86.9%
- Local: 1.0%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$25,474
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in New Discoveries Montessori Academy
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| New Discoveries Montessori AcademyCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 219 | 10.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in McLeod County
- Hutchinson Public School District 2,722 students
- Glencoe-Silver Lake School District 1,390 students
- Lester Prairie Public School Dist. 435 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.