NW Minnesota News

There were 5,043 students enrolled in Polk County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Polk County comprised 52.8% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.2%.

Data also showed that white students made up 74.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Polk County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 11.1%, 7% American Indian students, 4.3% Black students, 2.2% multiracial students, 0.2% Asian students, 0.2% Other Indigenous Peoples students and less than 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students.

East Grand Forks Senior High had the highest enrollment among Polk County's 17 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 608 students.

With more than 870,000 students enrolled, Minnesota's public school system is the 10th-largest in the United States. As of 2025 the student-to-teacher ratio in the state’s public schools is 15 to 1, on par with the national average. 

School name	Total enrollment in 2023-24	Total enrollment in 2024-25	% change
East Grand Forks Senior High	588	608	3.4%
Crookston Secondary	616	592	-3.9%
New Heights Elementary	490	499	1.8%
Highland Elementary	392	474	20.9%
Central Middle	438	463	5.7%
South Point Elementary	426	435	2.1%
Magelssen Elementary	344	340	-1.2%
Fosston Secondary	274	256	-6.6%
Fertile-Beltrami Elementary	250	249	-0.4%
Win-E-Mac Elementary	230	247	7.4%
Fertile-Beltrami Secondary	242	246	1.7%
Win-E-Mac Secondary	214	211	-1.4%
Fisher Elementary	133	123	-7.5%
Fisher Secondary	100	99	-1%
Climax Secondary	107	94	-12.1%
Climax Elementary	79	65	-17.7%
Washington Elementary	117	42	-64.1%