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There were 10,948 students enrolled in Clay County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Clay County comprised 51.8% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48.2%.

Data also showed that white students made up 73.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Clay County schools, followed by Black students with 9.5%, 7.8% Hispanic students, 6% American Indian students, 2.5% multiracial students, 1% Asian students, 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students and less than 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students.

Horizon Middle School had the highest enrollment among Clay County's 19 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 2,167 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
Horizon Middle School	2,158	2,167	0.4%
Moorhead High School	1,937	2,017	4.1%
S.G. Reinertsen Elementary	692	687	-0.7%
Dorothy Dodds Elementary School	658	624	-5.2%
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary	606	624	3%
Robert Asp Elementary	611	622	1.8%
Ellen Hopkins Elementary	643	595	-7.5%
Hawley Elementary	614	592	-3.6%
Barnesville Elementary	504	496	-1.6%
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Middle School	506	496	-2%
Hawley Secondary	414	452	9.2%
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Senior High	449	451	0.4%
Barnesville Secondary	408	379	-7.1%
Probstfield Elementary	262	287	9.5%
Ulen-Hitterdal Secondary	126	145	15.1%
Moorhead Alternative Learning Center	179	141	-21.2%
Ulen-Hitterdal Elementary	150	140	-6.7%
Spring Prairie Elementary	20	18	-10%
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton ALP	--	15	--