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There were 4,489 students enrolled in Nobles County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Nobles County comprised 50.1% boys, with girls representing the remaining 49.9%.

Data also showed that Hispanic students made up 57% of the student body, the largest percentage in Nobles County schools, followed by white students with 28.5%, 6.7% Asian students, 4.1% Black students, 2.4% multiracial students, 0.7% American Indian students, 0.5% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and less than 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.

Worthington Senior High had the highest enrollment among Nobles County's 13 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,123 students.

Minnesota's educational system, the 10th largest in the United States, serves over 869,000 students across 2,709 institutions. As of 2024, the student-to-teacher ratio in the state’s public schools is 1:16, slightly worse than the national average of 1:15.

Meanwhile, data from the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveals that Minnesota fourth and eighth graders performed mostly above the national average in math, their scores suggest a slight decline from previous years, particularly in reading.

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Worthington Senior High	1,134	1,123	-1%
Prairie Elementary	712	744	4.5%
Worthington Middle	660	664	0.6%
Intermediate School	662	653	-1.4%
Round Lake-Brewster Elementary	379	364	-4%
Adrian Elementary	263	297	12.9%
Adrian Secondary	176	157	-10.8%
Adrian Middle	134	131	-2.2%
Round Lake-Brewster Middle School	112	126	12.5%
Ellsworth Elementary	68	66	-2.9%
Ellsworth Secondary	62	62	0%
Learning Center Night	48	54	12.5%
Learning Center	82	48	-41.5%