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 Grant County comprised 51.4% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48.6%.
Data also showed that white students made up 92.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in Grant County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 3.2%, 2.1% multiracial students, 1.1% American Indian students, 0.6% Black students, 0.3% Asian students and 0.2% Other Indigenous Peoples students.
West Central Area Secondary had the highest enrollment among Grant County's seven schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 240 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Central Area Secondary | 250 | 240 | -4% |
| WCA Middle School | 220 | 229 | 4.1% |
| Ashby Elementary | 206 | 179 | -13.1% |
| West Central Area N. El. | 179 | 156 | -12.8% |
| Ashby Secondary | 132 | 141 | 6.8% |
| Herman Elementary | 59 | 59 | 0% |
| Herman Secondary | 43 | 44 | 2.3% |
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