About Mountain Lake Public Schools
Mountain Lake Public Schools is a public school system serving Cottonwood County, Minnesota, based in Mountain Lake. It serves 498 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #296 largest of Minnesota’s 535 school systems.
Size and structure
Mountain Lake Public Schools enrolls 498 students in 2 schools — an average of about 249 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #296 of 535 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Mountain Lake Public Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (498 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Mountain Lake Public Schools employs about 40 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1 — below the Minnesota average of about 15.0:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 89.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Minnesota funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Mountain Lake Public Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Minnesota’s accountability system, North Star, is published through the Minnesota Report Card, covering achievement, growth, graduation, progress toward English-language proficiency and consistent attendance rather than a single A–F grade. Look up Mountain Lake Public Schools on the Minnesota Report Card.
Accreditation status
Minnesota has no state accreditation requirement for public districts; where districts pursue voluntary accreditation they generally work with Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor. Look up Mountain Lake Public Schools in the free Cognia registry.
Mountain Lake Public Schools vs. Minnesota
See every Minnesota district side by side in the Minnesota directory.
Look up Mountain Lake Public Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):