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East Central School District
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District details
School board members: 7
Next election: November 4, 2025
Students: 777 (2022-2023)
Schools: 4 (2022-2023)
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East Central School District is a school district in Minnesota (Kanabec and Pine counties). During the 2023 school year, 777 students attended one of the district's four schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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East Central Schools, At-large

General election

The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.

General election for East Central Schools, At-large (4 seats)

Amber Benner, Oliver Dykstra, Angela Presley, and Tasha Scullard are running in the general election for East Central Schools, At-large on November 4, 2025.

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Amber Benner (Nonpartisan)
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Oliver Dykstra (Nonpartisan)
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Angela Presley (Nonpartisan)
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Tasha Scullard (Nonpartisan)

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East Central Schools, At-large

General election

General election for East Central Schools, At-large (3 seats)

Peter Brown, Amanda Carlin, Travis Ludwig, Tasha Scullard, and Genevieve Swenson ran in the general election for East Central Schools, At-large on November 7, 2023.

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Amanda Carlin (Nonpartisan)
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Tasha Scullard (Nonpartisan)
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Genevieve Swenson (Nonpartisan)

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Election rules

 

Election dates and frequency

School board general elections for all districts in Minnesota are held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years in either even-numbered years or odd-numbered years. According to the Minnesota School Board Association, 90% of districts held even-year elections as of 2022.

In districts not holding a school board nonpartisan primary, all school board candidates appear on the ballot for the general election held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years in either even-numbered years or odd-numbered years.

In school districts in which the boards pass resolutions to hold primary elections, school board nonpartisan primary elections are held on the second Tuesday in August every two years in either odd-numbered years or even-numbered years. School boards must pass resolutions to hold primary elections before April 15 in any year. A primary is only held if more than two candidates are running for a single-seat race or if the number of candidates running for multi-seat races is more than twice the number of open seats.

In districts holding a school board nonpartisan primary, the top two candidates per seat that receive the most votes advance to the general election held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years in either even-numbered years or odd-numbered years.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Minnesota Statutes Chapter 123B and Chapter 205A and Minnesota School Board Association: The Importance of School Board Elections and Minnesota Statutes Chapter 123B and Chapter 205A and Minnesota School Board Association: The Importance of School Board Elections and Minnesota Statutes Chapter 123B and Chapter 205A

Recent or upcoming election dates for school districts holding a school board nonpartisan primary election

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for school districts holding a school board nonpartisan primary election. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

  • Filing deadline date: June 3, 2025
  • Primary election date: August 12, 2025
  • General election date: November 4, 2025
Recent or upcoming election dates for school districts not holding a school board primary election

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for school districts not holding a school board primary election. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

  • Filing deadline date: August 13, 2025
  • General election date: November 4, 2025

Election system

School board members in Minnesota are elected through either a nonpartisan general election without a primary or through a system of a nonpartisan primary election and a nonpartisan general election, depending on whether or not the school board passed a resolution to hold a primary election.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Minnesota Statutes Chapter 123B

Party labels on the ballot

School board elections in Minnesota are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Minnesota Statute requires election clerks to "place the name of the [school board] candidate on the official ballot without partisan designation."

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Minnesota Statutes Chapter 205A

Winning an election

If a school board passed a resolution to hold a primary for that cycle and enough candidates are running to require a primary election, the candidates with the most votes in the nonpartisan primary advance to the general election. A primary is only held if more than two candidates are running for a single-seat race or if the number of candidates running for multi-seat races is more than twice the number of open seats. In single-seat races, two candidates advance to the general election. In multi-seat races, twice as many candidates as open seats advance to the general election.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Minnesota Statutes Chapter 123B and Chapter 205A and Minnesota School Board Association: The Importance of School Board Elections

Term length and staggering

School board members have four-year terms.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Minnesota Statutes Chapter 205A

School board elections are staggered so that as close to half of a district's school board members as possible are up for election every two years.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Minnesota Statutes Chapter 123B and Chapter 205A

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School board members are elected at large, by sub-district, or through a combination of at large and by sub-district. The school boards of all school districts except those located within the four first-class cities in the state can put a question on the ballot for voter approval proposing the creation of or change to election districts (sub-districts). The proposal can include any combination of single-member districts, multi-member districts, and at-large seats. State law requires Minneapolis Public Schools to have six board members elected by sub-district and three members elected at large. As of 2022, 314 districts (96%) had board members all elected at large, nine districts (3%) had board members all elected from sub-districts, and five districts (2%) had board members elected through a combination of at large and by sub-district.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Minnesota Statutes Chapter 123B, Chapter 128, and Chapter 128D

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

In districts not holding school board primary elections, the deadline for school board candidates to file affidavits of candidacy is 84 days before the November school board general election.

In districts holding school board primary elections, the deadline for school board candidates to file affidavits of candidacy is 70 days before the August primary election.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Minnesota Statutes Chapter 205A

In districts not holding school board primary elections, school board candidates cannot file affidavits of candidacy until 98 days before the November school board general election.

In districts holding school board primary elections, school board candidates cannot file affidavits of candidacy until 84 days before the August primary election.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Minnesota Statutes Chapter 205A and Minnesota Statutes Chapter 205A

School board member terms expire and the terms of newly elected school board members officially begin on the first Monday of January following the election.

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About the district

School board

The East Central School District consists of seven members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameYear assumed officeYear term ends
Amanda Carlin2028
Travis Ludwig2028
Genevieve Swenson20222028
Julie Domogalla2026
Judy Loken2026
Angie Presley2026
Rich Thomsen2026

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Overlapping state house districts

East Central School District
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
Minnesota House of Representatives District 11BNathan NelsonRepublican Party 55% 26%
Minnesota House of Representatives District 11AJeff DotsethRepublican Party 44% 19%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[1]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $1,594,000 $2,169 11%
Local: $2,993,000 $4,072 21%
State: $9,542,000 $12,982 68%
Total: $14,129,000 $19,223
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $13,397,000 $18,227
Total Current Expenditures: $9,833,000 $13,378
Instructional Expenditures: $6,036,000 $8,212 45%
Student and Staff Support: $647,000 $880 5%
Administration: $1,059,000 $1,440 8%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $2,091,000 $2,844 16%
Total Capital Outlay: $2,263,000 $3,078
Construction: $1,861,000 $2,531
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $143,000 $194
Interest on Debt: $747,000 $1,016

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 33 PS <50 <=20 21-39 35-39
2018-2019 47 PS <50 21-39 <50 48
2017-2018 50 PS PS <50 30-39 <50 53
2016-2017 51 PS >=50 <50 60-79 PS 51
2015-2016 48 PS <50 <50 40-59 PS 48
2014-2015 40 PS <50 <50 40-49 PS 41
2013-2014 35 PS <50 <=20 21-39 PS 37
2012-2013 40 PS <=20 <50 40-49 PS 42
2011-2012 47 PS >=50 <50 60-69 PS 46
2010-2011 42 PS <50 <50 30-39 42

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 40 PS <50 <=20 40-59 40-44
2018-2019 52 PS <50 40-59 >=50 54
2017-2018 55 PS >=50 <50 40-49 >=50 57
2016-2017 54 PS <50 <50 40-59 PS 57
2015-2016 49 PS <50 <50 30-39 PS 52
2014-2015 45 PS <50 <50 30-39 PS 46
2013-2014 43 PS >=50 21-39 21-39 PS 45
2012-2013 44 PS >=50 <50 <=20 PS 46
2011-2012 66 PS >=50 <50 50-59 PS 66
2010-2011 68 PS 60-79 >=50 50-59 69

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 60-69 PS PS PS 60-69
2018-2019 80-84 PS >=50 PS 80-89
2017-2018 75-79 PS 80-84
2016-2017 80-89 PS PS 80-89
2015-2016 80-89 PS PS PS <50 80-89
2014-2015 80-89 PS PS PS >=90
2013-2014 55-59 PS >=50 PS <50 60-69
2012-2013 65-69 PS PS PS PS 60-69
2011-2012 65-69 PS PS <50 75-79
2010-2011 65-69 PS <50 65-69

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[3]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 777 -0.3
2021-2022 779 5.6
2020-2021 735 -5.6
2019-2020 776 0.8
2018-2019 770 3.2
2017-2018 745 1.9
2016-2017 731 -0.3
2015-2016 733 -1.5
2014-2015 744 -1.7
2013-2014 757 -3.4
2012-2013 783 0.1
2011-2012 782 -0.6
2010-2011 787 0.3
2009-2010 785 1.0
2008-2009 777 -0.8
2007-2008 783 -8.8
2006-2007 852 -0.9
2005-2006 860 -9.3
2004-2005 940 -2.6
2003-2004 964 0.4
2002-2003 960 -2.6
2001-2002 985 -7.5
2000-2001 1,059 0.0
1999-2000 1,059 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE East Central School District (%) Minnesota K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 8.1 1.7
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 0.6 7.0
Black 0.9 11.7
Hispanic 3.2 10.9
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.0 0.1
Two or More Races 4.6 6.2
White 82.5 62.3

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

As of the 2022-2023 school year, East Central School District had 48.46 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 16.03.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 1.66
Kindergarten: 3.32
Elementary: 21.31
Secondary: 21.64
Total: 48.46

East Central School District employed 2.58 district administrators and 2.48 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 2.58
District Administrative Support: 1.93
School Administrators: 2.48
School Administrative Support: 3.78
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 18.57
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 2.72
Total Guidance Counselors: 1.83
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.83
Librarians/Media Specialists: 0.00
Library/Media Support: 1.56
Student Support Services: 6.39
Other Support Services: 11.01

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

The East Central School District operates four schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Crossroads Area Learning Center547-12
East Central Early Childhood0PK-KG
East Central Elementary400PK-6
East Central Senior Secondary3237-12

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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    2. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
    3. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
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