Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim Walz
Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim Walz
In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Pipestone County comprised 53% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47%.
Data also showed that white students made up 68.3% of the student body, the largest percentage in Pipestone County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 23%, 3.5% multiracial students, 2.7% American Indian students, 1.8% Black students, 0.5% Asian students and 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.
Pipestone Elementary had the highest enrollment among Pipestone County's seven schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 518 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pipestone Elementary | 519 | 518 | -0.2% |
| Pipestone Senior High | 340 | 320 | -5.9% |
| Pipestone Middle | 234 | 238 | 1.7% |
| Edgerton Secondary | 209 | 221 | 5.7% |
| Edgerton Elementary | 225 | 209 | -7.1% |
| SWWC Alternative Learning Center - Pipestone | 34 | 42 | 23.5% |
| Heartland Elementary | 12 | 11 | -8.3% |
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