County / FIPS 27017
Carlton County
Minnesota
Carlton County runs 28 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS.
At a glance
Public schools
28
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
0
Land area
861
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Carlton County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$281.0M
Per resident
$7,761
Change since FY2021
+14%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $246M |
| 2022 | $251M |
| 2023 | $254M |
| 2024 | $290M |
| 2025 | $281M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Carlton County ranks 1312th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Carlton County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Community Memorial Hospital | Cloquet | Not rated |
| Essentia Health Moose Lake | Moose Lake | Not rated |
Public schools in Carlton County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnum Elementary | Barnum Public School District | Barnum | 333 |
| Barnum Secondary | Barnum Public School District | Barnum | 363 |
| Carlton Secondary | Carlton Public School District | Carlton | 175 |
| Churchill Elementary | Cloquet Public School District | Cloquet | 376 |
| Cloquet Area Alt. Ed. Programs | Cloquet Public School District | Cloquet | 87 |
| Cloquet Middle | Cloquet Public School District | Cloquet | 780 |
| Cloquet Senior | Cloquet Public School District | Cloquet | 800 |
| Cromwell-Wright Elementary | Cromwell-Wright Public Schools | Cromwell | 149 |
| Cromwell-Wright Secondary | Cromwell-Wright Public Schools | Cromwell | 156 |
| Fond Du Lac Ojibwe School | Fond Du Lac Ojibwe School | Cloquet | 147 |
| Lincoln Secondary | Esko Public School District | Esko | 608 |
| Moose Lake Elementary | Moose Lake Public School District | Moose Lake | 309 |
| Moose Lake Secondary | Moose Lake Public School District | Moose Lake | 291 |
| South Terrace Elementary | Carlton Public School District | Carlton | 167 |
| Washington Elementary | Cloquet Public School District | Cloquet | 500 |
| Winterquist Elementary | Esko Public School District | Esko | 670 |
| Wrenshall Elementary | Wrenshall Public School District | Wrenshall | 175 |
| Wrenshall Secondary | Wrenshall Public School District | Wrenshall | 176 |
| Nla-Carlton | Northern Lights Academy Cooperative | Cloquet | 14 |
| Northern Lights Academy | Northern Lights Academy Cooperative | Cloquet | 16 |
| Cloquet Early Childhood Education | Cloquet Public School District | Cloquet | 95 |
| Northern Lights Academy Cooperative | Northern Lights Academy Cooperative | Cloquet | 5 |
| Mcf-Moose Lake/Willow River | Minnesota Department of Corrections | Moose Lake | 2 |
| Shared Time | Cloquet Public School District | Cloquet | 3 |
| Caaep Extended Day Program | Cloquet Public School District | Cloquet | — |
| Mash-Ka-Wisen | Carlton Public School District | Carlton | — |
| Moose Lake Alternative Program | Moose Lake Public School District | Moose Lake | — |
| Nla-Carlton | Northern Lights Academy Cooperative | Carlton | — |