Specialized public school district · Carlton County
Northern Lights Academy Cooperative, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Northern Lights Academy Cooperative runs 2 public schools with 45 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 6.4 students per teacher is 8.8 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 45
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7
- Students per teacher
- 6.4
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 302 14th Street, Cloquet, MN 55720
- Phone
- (218)655-5018
- County
- Carlton County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Specialized public school district
- NCES district ID
- 2700442
- State district ID
- MN-526096
- Total staff (FTE)
- 29
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 23 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district6.4
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 (19), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $28,000
- State revenue
- $1.1 million
- Local revenue
- $85,000
- Total spending
- $1.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $94,895
- Salaries
- $0
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 2.2%
- State: 91.0%
- Local: 6.8%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$94,895
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Northern Lights Academy Cooperative
By level: 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| NLA-Carlton | Other | 3 to 12 | 31 | 6.2 |
| Northern Lights AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 14 | 7.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Carlton County
- Cloquet Public School District 2,529 students
- Esko Public School District 1,287 students
- Barnum Public School District 660 students
- Moose Lake Public School District 561 students
- Wrenshall Public School District 347 students
- Carlton Public School District 308 students
- Cromwell-Wright Public Schools 300 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.