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 Stevens County comprised 52.6% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.4%.
Data also showed that white students made up 76.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Stevens County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 17.2%, 2.7% American Indian students, 2.2% multiracial students, 0.9% Black students, 0.5% Asian students and 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.
Morris Area Elementary had the highest enrollment among Stevens County's six schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 575 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Area Elementary | 553 | 575 | 4% |
| Morris Area Secondary | 528 | 521 | -1.3% |
| Hancock Elementary | 240 | 227 | -5.4% |
| Hancock Sec. | 206 | 207 | 0.5% |
| Chokio-Alberta Secondary | 73 | 75 | 2.7% |
| Chokio-Alberta Elementary | 59 | 65 | 10.2% |
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