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 Chippewa County comprised 51.5% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48.5%.
Data also showed that white students made up 71% of the student body, the largest percentage in Chippewa County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 21.2%, 2.2% American Indian students, 2% multiracial students, 1.7% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students, 1.2% Black students, 0.5% Other Indigenous Peoples students and 0.1% Asian students.
Montevideo Middle had the highest enrollment among Chippewa County's eight schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 422 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montevideo Middle | 432 | 422 | -2.3% |
| MACCRAY Secondary | 366 | 402 | 9.8% |
| Montevideo Senior High | 386 | 400 | 3.6% |
| MACCRAY Elementary | 370 | 356 | -3.8% |
| Ramsey Elementary | 338 | 282 | -16.6% |
| Sanford Elementary School | 187 | 259 | 38.5% |
| MN River Valley ALC-Seatbased | 90 | 58 | -35.6% |
| Hawks Nest Early Childhood Education Center | 40 | 33 | -17.5% |
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