Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | sahanjournal.com
Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | sahanjournal.com
In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Lake of the Woods County comprised 52.4% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.6%.
Data also showed that white students made up 83.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Lake of the Woods County schools, followed by American Indian students with 6.5%, 5% multiracial students, 2.4% Hispanic students, 1.3% Black students and 1.1% Asian students.
Lake of the Woods Secondary had the highest enrollment among Lake of the Woods County's three schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 230 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake of the Woods Secondary | 191 | 230 | 20.4% |
| Lake of the Woods Elementary | 255 | 228 | -10.6% |
| Angle Inlet Elementary | 5 | 4 | -20% |
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