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 Red Lake County comprised 54.3% boys, with girls representing the remaining 45.7%.
Data also showed that white students made up 88.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in Red Lake County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 5.5%, 3.8% multiracial students, 1.6% American Indian students, 0.3% Black students and 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.
J.A. Hughes Elementary had the highest enrollment among Red Lake County's five schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 213 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.A. Hughes Elementary | 222 | 213 | -4.1% |
| Red Lake County Central Elementary | 201 | 182 | -9.5% |
| Lafayette Secondary | 162 | 176 | 8.6% |
| Red Lake County Central High School | 162 | 152 | -6.2% |
| RLCC Elementary at Oklee | 2 | 8 | 300% |
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