Specialized public school district · Brown County
River Bend Education District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
River Bend Education District runs 8 public schools with 226 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 7.3 students per teacher is 7.9 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "RIVER BEND EDUCATION DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 226
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31
- Students per teacher
- 7.3
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1315 S Broadway St, New Ulm, MN 56073
- Phone
- (507)359-8700
- County
- Brown County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Specialized public school district
- NCES district ID
- 2791353
- State district ID
- MN-616049
- Total staff (FTE)
- 70
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district7.3
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 (), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $7.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.5 million
- State revenue
- $3.1 million
- Local revenue
- $2.8 million
- Total spending
- $7.3 million
- Salaries
- $3.8 million52.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $880,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.6%
- State: 42.0%
- Local: 37.4%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Schools in River Bend Education District
By level: 4 high, 3 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Imprints Program | Other | K to 12 | 30 | 5.0 |
| R.I.S.E. Program | Other | K to 12 | 17 | 5.7 |
| Raptor Program | Other | 1 to 12 | 15 | 3.8 |
| River Bend ALC Credit Recovery Prog | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| River Bend Area Learning Center | High | 7 to 12 | 43 | 6.1 |
| River Bend Early Childhood Prog. | Prekindergarten | PK | 90 | 22.5 |
| River Bend Online ALC | High | 9 to 12 | 23 | |
| W.O.R.K. Program | High | 10 to 12 | 8 | 8.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Brown County
- New Ulm Public School District 2,127 students
- Springfield Public School District 653 students
- Sleepy Eye Public School District 562 students
- Comfrey Public School District 104 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.