Charter agency · Itasca County
Northern Lights Community School, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Northern Lights Community School runs 1 public school with 91 students in grades 6 to 12. Its ratio of 10.1 students per teacher is 5.1 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 91
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9
- Students per teacher
- 10.1
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 305 Bridge St, Warba, MN 55793
- Phone
- (218)492-4400
- County
- Itasca County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- 6 to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 2700256
- State district ID
- MN-074146
- Total staff (FTE)
- 23
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district10.1
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 (92), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $2.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $277,000
- State revenue
- $1.7 million
- Local revenue
- $30,000
- Total spending
- $2.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,793
- Salaries
- $1.2 million55.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.5%
- State: 85.1%
- Local: 1.5%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,793
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Northern Lights Community School
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Northern Lights Community SchoolCEP schoolCharter | High | 6 to 12 | 91 | 10.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Itasca County
- Grand Rapids Public School District 3,972 students
- Greenway Public School District 970 students
- Deer River Public School District 833 students
- Nashwauk-Keewatin School District 541 students
- Infinity: Minnesota Digital Academy 0 students
- Itasca Area Schools Collaborative
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.