K-12 public schools
Number of school districts: 338 ¹
Number of schools: 1,881
 
Charter schools: 136 ¹
 
Number of teachers (full-time equivalent, 2006): 52,796 ¹
 
Number of K-12 students (fall 2003): 829,184 ¹
            Native American: 17,667
            Asian/Pacific Islander: 45,178
            Hispanic: 38,643
            Black: 65,489
            White: 675,938
 
Percent of students in Title I schools: 41.2 percent ²
Percent with individualized education plans: 13.5 percent
Percent in limited-English proficiency programs: 6.3 percent
Percent eligible for free-reduced lunch: 28.2 percent
 
Graduates (2002-03): 59,432 ¹

Graduation rate:
Different methods of calculating the high school graduation rate produce different figures, but Minnesota consistently ranks in the top tier of states regardless of the method used.

• Minnesota's overall rate, not including charter schools, was 89.9 percent for the 2006-07 school year.
• An Education Week report ranks Minnesota eighth in the nation, with 79 percent of students earning a regular diploma in four years. The U.S. average was 70 percent (2002-03 school year).⁵
• A recent report from the federal National Center for Education Statistics ranks Minnesota sixth in the averaged freshman graduation rate, at 85 percent (2003-04 school year).²
  

K-12 public school teachers
Number of teachers (full-time equivalent): 52,796 ³
 
Average annual salary: $46,906 ³
National ranking, average annual teacher salary: 16th
National average annual salary: $47,750
 
Average annual starting salary: $30,772
National ranking: 21st
National average starting salary: $31,704
 
Gender
Female: 68 percent ⁴
Male: 32 percent
 
Years teaching: ⁴
            Three or fewer: 7 percent
            Four-10: 23 percent
            11-20: 29 percent
            21-29: 23 percent
            30 or more: 18 percent
 
Age: ⁴
            18-24: 2 percent
            25-34: 19 percent
            35-40: 14 percent
            41-49: 26 percent
            50-64: 38 percent
            65 or older: 1 percent
 
Education degrees: ⁴
            Bachelor’s or higher: 37 percent
            Master’s or higher: 61 percent
            Doctorate/other: 1 percent
 
K-12 staff other than classroom teachers ⁴
Gender
            Male: 8 percent
            Female: 92 percent
 
Years in current job:
            3 years or less: 17 percent
            3+-10 years: 34 percent
            10+-20 years: 32 percent
            20+-29 years: 14 percent
            29+ or more years: 3 percent
 
Age:
            18-24: 1 percent
            25-34: 7 percent
            35-40: 9 percent
            41-49: 30 percent
            50-64: 48 percent
            65 and older: 5 percent
 
Education degrees:
            High school diploma or equivalent: 41 percent
            Associate or 2-year degree: 32 percent
            Bachelor’s degree or higher: 22 percent
            Master’s degree or higher: 4 percent
            Other: 1 percent
           
 
¹ Minnesota Department of Education, 2004
² National Center for Education Statistics
³ National Education Association, 2005
⁴ Education Minnesota, 2005, membership research
⁵ Education Week, 2006, "Diplomas Count"