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 Lac qui Parle County comprised 52.1% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.9%.
Data also showed that white students made up 78.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Lac qui Parle County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 8.4%, 6.5% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students, 3.1% multiracial students, 2.5% American Indian students, 0.4% Black students and 0.2% Asian students.
Lac qui Parle Valley Secondary had the highest enrollment among Lac qui Parle County's five schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 345 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lac qui Parle Valley Secondary | 334 | 345 | 3.3% |
| Stevens Elementary | 288 | 302 | 4.9% |
| Dawson-Boyd Secondary | 261 | 264 | 1.1% |
| Madison-Marietta-Nassau Elementary | 140 | 140 | 0% |
| Lac qui Parle Valley Middle School | 125 | 126 | 0.8% |
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