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West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan School District runs 14 public schools with 5,452 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan".
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 5,452
- Teachers (FTE)
- 369
- Students per teacher
- 14.8
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1897 Delaware Ave, Mendota Heights, MN 55118
- Phone
- (651)403-7002
- County
- Dakota County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2742270
- State district ID
- MN-010197
- Total staff (FTE)
- 665
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 303 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.8
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 (5,140), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $96.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.6 million
- State revenue
- $55.2 million
- Local revenue
- $33.3 million
- Total spending
- $126.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $24,542
- Salaries
- $49.9 million39.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $133.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.9%
- State: 57.5%
- Local: 34.7%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$24,542
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan School District
By level: 4 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 2 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Aspen House Education Program | High | 5 to 12 | 6 | |
| Branch Out Transitional Services | High | 12 | 29 | 14.5 |
| Early Learning and Family Resource | Prekindergarten | PK | 31 | 1.9 |
| Early Learning Resource Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 187 | |
| Friendly Hills Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 785 | 17.4 |
| Garlough Environmental Magnet | Elementary | K to 4 | 414 | 10.9 |
| Heritage E-Stem Magnet School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 761 | 14.9 |
| Mendota Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 358 | 11.5 |
| Moreland Art/Health Science Magnet | Elementary | PK to 4 | 369 | 10.9 |
| Pilot Knob STEM Magnet School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 387 | 12.1 |
| Somerset Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 412 | 12.9 |
| Special Education | Other | K to 12 | 3 | |
| Two Rivers High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,710 | 19.9 |
| W St. Paul Area Learning Cntr. | High | 9 to 12 | 0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Dakota County
- Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District 29,224 students
- Lakeville Area Schools 12,025 students
- Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools 7,663 students
- Farmington Public School District 6,458 students
- Hastings Public School District 4,041 students
- Inver Grove Heights Schools 3,427 students
- South St. Paul Public School Dist 2,861 students
- Randolph Public School District 875 students
- Intermediate School District 917 555 students
- Great Oaks Academy Charter School 531 students
- FIT Academy 458 students
- Prairie Creek Community School 180 students
- Discovery Charter School 166 students
- Gateway STEM Academy 121 students
- Academic Arts High School 78 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.