Regular local school district · Chisago County
North Branch Area Public Schools, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
North Branch Area Public Schools runs 7 public schools with 2,704 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.7 students per teacher is 2.5 higher than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 2,704
- Teachers (FTE)
- 153
- Students per teacher
- 17.7
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 38705 Grand Ave, North Branch, MN 55056
- Phone
- (651)674-1000
- County
- Chisago County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2723820
- State district ID
- MN-010138
- Total staff (FTE)
- 326
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 1,352 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.7
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 (2,539), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $41.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.7 million
- State revenue
- $26.0 million
- Local revenue
- $12.5 million
- Total spending
- $42.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,691
- Salaries
- $17.4 million41.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $76.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.7%
- State: 63.1%
- Local: 30.2%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,691
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in North Branch Area Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Distance Learning Academy Secondary | High | 6 to 12 | 52 | 26.0 |
| Distance Learning Acadmy Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 6 | |
| Norse Area Learning Center | High | 7 to 12 | 41 | 10.2 |
| North Branch Area Education Center | Elementary | PK to K | 239 | 13.3 |
| North Branch Area High School | High | 9 to 12 | 791 | 19.8 |
| North Branch Area Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 615 | 19.2 |
| Sunrise River Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 960 | 17.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Chisago County
- Chisago Lakes School District 3,317 students
- Rush City Public School District 805 students
- Trio Wolf Creek Distance Learning 191 students
- Phoenix Academy Charter School 156 students
- St. Croix River Education District 85 students
- Franconia Public School District
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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.