Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | sahanjournal.com
Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | sahanjournal.com
In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Pope County comprised 52.8% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.2%.
Data also showed that white students made up 94.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in Pope County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 2.2%, 1.8% multiracial students, 0.9% Asian students, 0.5% Black students and 0.4% American Indian students.
Minnewaska Secondary had the highest enrollment among Pope County's five schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 424 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnewaska Secondary | 399 | 424 | 6.3% |
| Minnewaska Area Elementary | 351 | 339 | -3.4% |
| Minnewaska Area Intermediate School | 292 | 303 | 3.8% |
| Minnewaska Area Junior High | 219 | 205 | -6.4% |
| Glacial Hills Elementary | 93 | 99 | 6.5% |
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