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 Kittson County comprised 52% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48%.
Data also showed that white students made up 91% of the student body, the largest percentage in Kittson County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 4.8%, 1.8% multiracial students, 1.1% Black students, 0.8% Asian students, 0.3% American Indian students and 0.2% Other Indigenous Peoples students.
Kittson Central Elementary had the highest enrollment among Kittson County's six schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 132 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kittson Central Elementary | 133 | 132 | -0.8% |
| Lancaster Elementary | 105 | 121 | 15.2% |
| Kittson Central Secondary | 109 | 109 | 0% |
| Karlstad Elementary | 115 | 93 | -19.1% |
| Tri-County Secondary | 74 | 83 | 12.2% |
| Lancaster Secondary | 76 | 81 | 6.6% |
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