Regular local school district · Steele County
Owatonna Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Owatonna Public School District runs 17 public schools with 4,890 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.3 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 4,890
- Teachers (FTE)
- 343
- Students per teacher
- 14.3
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 333 E School St, Owatonna, MN 55060
- Phone
- (507)444-8600
- County
- Steele County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2728050
- State district ID
- MN-010761
- Total staff (FTE)
- 716
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 376 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.3
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 (4,931), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $81.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.3 million
- State revenue
- $54.5 million
- Local revenue
- $20.4 million
- Total spending
- $83.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,945
- Salaries
- $38.5 million46.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $171.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 25.1%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,945
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Owatonna Public School District
By level: 5 high, 3 middle, 5 elementary, 3 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lincoln Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 505 | 13.6 |
| McKinley Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 510 | 13.4 |
| Oec Elc | Prekindergarten | PK | 109 | |
| Out of State Care and Treatment | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Owatonna Alc 9-12 | High | 9 to 12 | 70 | 6.4 |
| Owatonna Ecse | Prekindergarten | PK | 87 | 5.8 |
| Owatonna Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,015 | 15.1 |
| Owatonna Night School | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Owatonna Online 7-8 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 22 | 22.0 |
| Owatonna Online 9-12 | High | 9 to 12 | 136 | 136.0 |
| Owatonna Online K-6 | Elementary | K to 6 | 14 | |
| Owatonna Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,468 | 17.7 |
| Owatonna Summer School 6-8 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 0 | |
| Owatonna Summer School 9-12 | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Roosevelt ELC | Prekindergarten | PK | 32 | |
| Washington Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 468 | 13.0 |
| Wilson Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 454 | 13.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Steele County
- Blooming Prairie Public Schools 864 students
- Medford Public School District 845 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.