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 Renville County comprised 53.4% boys, with girls representing the remaining 46.6%.
Data also showed that white students made up 74.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in Renville County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 21.2%, 1.6% multiracial students, 1.6% American Indian students, 0.4% Other Indigenous Peoples students, 0.4% Black students and 0.3% Asian students.
Renville County West Elementary had the highest enrollment among Renville County's eight schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 332 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renville County West Elementary | 350 | 332 | -5.1% |
| Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Secondary | 267 | 256 | -4.1% |
| Renville County West Senior High | 230 | 229 | -0.4% |
| BOLD Senior High School | 224 | 219 | -2.2% |
| BOLD-Bird Island Elementary | 230 | 219 | -4.8% |
| Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Elementary | 201 | 190 | -5.5% |
| BOLD Middle School | 169 | 181 | 7.1% |
| Cedar Mountain Elementary | 194 | 170 | -12.4% |
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