Regular local school district · Cass County
Pine River-Backus School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Pine River-Backus School District runs 3 public schools with 906 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.9 students per teacher is 1.3 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "PINE RIVER-BACKUS SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 906
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 401 Murray Ave, Pine River, MN 56474
- Phone
- (218)587-4720
- County
- Cass County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2728970
- State district ID
- MN-012174
- Total staff (FTE)
- 137
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.9
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 (903), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.3 million
- State revenue
- $9.3 million
- Local revenue
- $2.3 million
- Total spending
- $12.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,919
- Salaries
- $7.2 million57.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $8.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.2%
- State: 72.0%
- Local: 17.7%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,919
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Pine River-Backus School District
By level: 2 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Pine River-Backus ALP | High | 9 to 12 | 57 | 28.5 |
| Pine River-Backus ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 478 | 12.9 |
| Pine River-Backus High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 371 | 14.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cass County
- Pillager Public School District 1,324 students
- Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools 1,119 students
- Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Schl. Dist School District 686 students
- Northland Community Schools 344 students
- Central Lakes Adventure School 36 students
- Up North Learning Center 13 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.