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 Jackson County comprised 51.6% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48.4%.
Data also showed that white students made up 81.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Jackson County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 9.9%, 3.9% multiracial students, 1.9% Black students, 1.6% Asian students, 0.5% Other Indigenous Peoples students and 0.4% American Indian students.
Riverside Elementary had the highest enrollment among Jackson County's six schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 362 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Elementary | 370 | 362 | -2.2% |
| Jackson County Central Senior High | 340 | 331 | -2.6% |
| Jackson County Central Middle | 241 | 236 | -2.1% |
| Pleasantview Elementary | 156 | 175 | 12.2% |
| Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary | 161 | 158 | -1.9% |
| Heron Lake-Okabena Elementary | 133 | 132 | -0.8% |
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