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There were 4,580 students enrolled in Becker County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Becker County comprised 51.5% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48.5%.

Data also showed that white students made up 72.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Becker County schools, followed by American Indian students with 21.3%, 2.5% Hispanic students, 1.6% multiracial students, 1.4% Black students, 0.4% Asian students, 0.4% Other Indigenous Peoples students and less than 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students.

Detroit Lakes Senior High had the highest enrollment among Becker County's 12 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 851 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
Detroit Lakes Senior High	865	851	-1.6%
Detroit Lakes Middle	596	615	3.2%
Rossman Elementary	573	592	3.3%
Roosevelt Elementary	579	583	0.7%
Frazee Elementary	457	414	-9.4%
Frazee Secondary	391	388	-0.8%
Lake Park Audubon Secondary	363	349	-3.9%
Lake Park Audubon Elementary	359	336	-6.4%
Ogema Elementary	279	274	-1.8%
Lincoln Early Childhood Ed. Center	84	75	-10.7%
Detroit Lakes Area Learning Center	62	56	-9.7%
Pine Point Elementary	69	47	-31.9%