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There were 5,755 students enrolled in Douglas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Douglas County comprised 51.9% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48.1%.

Data also showed that white students made up 90.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in Douglas County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 4.1%, 2.5% multiracial students, 1.3% American Indian students, 0.8% Black students, 0.6% Asian students, 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and less than 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.

Alexandria Area High School had the highest enrollment among Douglas County's 18 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,310 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
Alexandria Area High School	1,302	1,310	0.6%
Discovery Middle School	913	874	-4.3%
Lincoln Elementary	466	478	2.6%
Osakis Elementary	418	456	9.1%
Voyager Elementary	425	427	0.5%
Woodland Elementary School	423	416	-1.7%
Osakis Secondary	424	413	-2.6%
Evansville Elementary	159	158	-0.6%
Brandon-Evansville High School	139	150	7.9%
Miltona Elementary	140	140	0%
Early Education Center	132	139	5.3%
Brandon-Evansville Middle School	125	137	9.6%
Kalon Prep Academy	138	135	-2.2%
West Central Area S. El.	130	125	-3.8%
Garfield Elementary	128	124	-3.1%
Carlos Elementary	117	113	-3.4%
Brandon Elementary	112	111	-0.9%
Runestone Alternative School	77	49	-36.4%