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 Rock County comprised 50.2% boys, with girls representing the remaining 49.8%.
Data also showed that white students made up 86.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Rock County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 6.5%, 2.4% multiracial students, 2.2% American Indian students, 1.3% Black students, 1.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and 0.5% Asian students.
Luverne Elementary had the highest enrollment among Rock County's six schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 516 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luverne Elementary | 524 | 516 | -1.5% |
| Luverne Senior High | 378 | 379 | 0.3% |
| Luverne Middle | 255 | 256 | 0.4% |
| Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary | 196 | 199 | 1.5% |
| Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary | 145 | 155 | 6.9% |
| Luverne Alternative Program | 4 | 4 | 0% |
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