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Perham-Dent Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Perham-Dent Public School District runs 4 public schools with 1,671 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.2 students per teacher is about the same as the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "PERHAM-DENT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,671
- Teachers (FTE)
- 110
- Students per teacher
- 15.2
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 800 Coney Street West, Perham, MN 56573
- Phone
- (218)346-4501
- County
- Otter Tail County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2728230
- State district ID
- MN-010549
- Total staff (FTE)
- 229
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 836 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.2
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 (1,498), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $24.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.2 million
- State revenue
- $15.0 million
- Local revenue
- $7.0 million
- Total spending
- $23.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,757
- Salaries
- $11.5 million48.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $36.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 61.9%
- Local: 28.9%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,757
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Perham-Dent Public School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Heart of the Lake Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 578 | 14.4 |
| Perham Area Learning Center | High | 7 to 12 | 38 | 9.5 |
| Perham Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 529 | 18.9 |
| Prairie Wind Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 526 | 15.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Otter Tail County
- Fergus Falls Public School District 3,235 students
- Pelican Rapids Public Schools 842 students
- New York Mills Public School Dist. 822 students
- Underwood Public School District 554 students
- Parkers Prairie Public School Dist. 531 students
- Battle Lake Public School District 414 students
- Henning Public School District 381 students
- Fergus Falls Area Sp. Ed. Coop. 31 students
- Region 4-Lakes Country Service Coop 21 students
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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.