Regular local school district · Kandiyohi County
Willmar Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Willmar Public School District runs 13 public schools with 4,218 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.1 students per teacher is 2.1 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 4,218
- Teachers (FTE)
- 321
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 611 5th St SW, Willmar, MN 56201
- Phone
- (320)231-8500
- County
- Kandiyohi County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2742720
- State district ID
- MN-010347
- Total staff (FTE)
- 719
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 422 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.1
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 (4,252), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $70.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.7 million
- State revenue
- $52.0 million
- Local revenue
- $10.2 million
- Total spending
- $70.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,663
- Salaries
- $37.5 million52.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $42.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 73.4%
- Local: 14.4%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,663
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Willmar Public School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, 4 other, 2 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Greater Minnesota Education Center | Other | 3 to 12 | 0 | |
| Jefferson Early Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 26 | |
| Jefferson Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 89 | 6.8 |
| Kennedy Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 672 | 12.2 |
| Lake Park School | Other | 4 to 12 | 33 | |
| Lakeland Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 623 | 13.5 |
| Lakeview School | Other | K to 12 | 11 | |
| Middle School ALC | Middle | 6 to 8 | 27 | |
| Prairie Lakes Education Center | Other | 4 to 12 | 19 | 2.4 |
| Roosevelt Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 580 | 12.6 |
| Willmar Area Learning CenterCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 91 | 7.6 |
| Willmar Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 842 | 13.8 |
| Willmar Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,205 | 16.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kandiyohi County
- New London-Spicer School District 1,518 students
- Technical Academies of Minnesota 116 students
- Prinsburg Public School District
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.