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There were 2,512 students enrolled in Redwood County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Redwood County comprised 52.4% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.6%.

Data also showed that white students made up 75% of the student body, the largest percentage in Redwood County schools, followed by American Indian students with 14.1%, 4.1% Hispanic students, 3.7% Asian students, 2.4% multiracial students, 0.5% Black students, 0.2% Other Indigenous Peoples students and less than 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students.

Reede Gray Elementary had the highest enrollment among Redwood County's 10 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 445 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
Reede Gray Elementary	419	445	6.2%
Redwood Valley Senior High	371	375	1.1%
Redwood Valley Middle	322	312	-3.1%
Walnut Grove Elementary	297	310	4.4%
Wabasso Secondary	232	232	0%
Cedar Mountain Secondary	245	226	-7.8%
Red Rock Central Secondary	218	225	3.2%
Wabasso Elementary	189	186	-1.6%
Red Rock Central Elementary	184	181	-1.6%
Milroy Elementary	32	20	-37.5%