Annual financial reports, whether for a business, schools, or even your own household, are not the finest ingredients for the making of a great Netflix series or even a decent documentary – much less for leisure reading.
Columns and rows of numbers and percentages, references to fiscal years, funding streams and anticipated expenditures can be mind numbing.
But if you look a bit deeper, they can provide some fascinating information.
EPLN took a closer look at the 2020 Eden Prairie School District’s Annual Financial Report and found several to consider:
School lunches
$2.65 – the cost of a school lunch at Eden Prairie High School in 2011
$3.35 – what the same lunch cost in 2020
959,409 – the number of school lunches served in 2011
556,852 – the number of lunches served in 2019 (the last full school year; 556,852 were served in the COVID-19 shortened 2020 school year)
220,201 – the number of free meals served in 2011
211,279 – the number of free meals served in 2019
(Source: School district records)
Enrollment information
9,487 – enrollment in 2011
8,759 – enrollment in 2020
Per pupil cost
$13,647 – cost per pupil in 2011
$18,655 – cost per pupil in 2020
Pupil/Teacher ratio
16.9 – pupil/teacher ratio in 2011
15.6 – pupil/teacher ratio in 2020
(Source: School district records)
Number of employees by classification
19.8 – administrative staff in 2011
22 – administrative staff in 2020
56.4 – support staff in 2011
53.7 – support staff in 2020
561.6 – classroom teachers in 2011
561 – classroom teachers in 2020
40.4 – special education teachers in 2011
35.4 – special education teachers in 2020
678.2 – total licensed staff in 2011
672.1 – total licensed staff in 2020
(Source: Minnesota Department of Education STARS report)
Student enrollment
9,714 – student enrollment in 2011
8,846 – student enrollment in 2020
(Source: Minnesota Department of Education student reporting system)
Top 10 largest employers in Eden Prairie
3,312 – Optum
2,310 – Eden Prairie Mall LLC/Homart
2,200 – C.H. Robinson
2,000 – Starkey Labs
1,500 – Emerson Process Management
1,477 – ISD 272 (Eden Prairie)
1,200 – Element Fleet Management
1,100 – Super Valu Stores, Inc.
1,000 – MTS Systems Corp.
1,000 – Eaton Corp.
(Source: Ehlers & Associates)
Top 10 Eden Prairie property taxpayers
$3.09 million – United Healthcare Services, Inc.
$1.86 million – Eden Prairie Mall LLC
$1.1 million – Eden, LLC (Arrive Eden Prairie Apts.)
$1.06 million – Fountain Place LLC (Fountain Place Apts.)
$1.04 million – Acquisition LLC (C.H. Robinson Campus)
$898,500 – AGNL Health (Optum Campus)
$760,600 – FPA/WC Parkway (Renew Eden Prairie)
$659,250 – Kroll Ontrack Campus
$644,100 – EP Senior Housing LLC (Summit Place Senior Campus)
$642,382 – Lifetouch, Inc.
(Source: City of Eden Prairie)
To see the entire report, go to the district website at edenpr.org, select Community, School Board and then select 11.23 Agendas and Materials for the Nov. 23, 2020 School Board Business Meeting. The financial report begins on page 117.