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 Wilkin County comprised 54.1% boys, with girls representing the remaining 45.9%.
Data also showed that white students made up 84.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in Wilkin County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 7.2%, 5% American Indian students, 2.7% multiracial students, 0.9% Black students and 0.1% Asian students.
Breckenridge Elementary had the highest enrollment among Wilkin County's seven schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 261 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breckenridge Elementary | 279 | 261 | -6.5% |
| Breckenridge Senior High | 227 | 227 | 0% |
| Rothsay Elementary | 169 | 179 | 5.9% |
| Rothsay Secondary | 138 | 133 | -3.6% |
| Breckenridge Middle | 108 | 89 | -17.6% |
| Campbell-Tintah Elementary | 69 | 76 | 10.1% |
| Campbell-Tintah Secondary | 51 | 52 | 2% |
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