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There were 11,033 students enrolled in Clay County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Clay County comprised 51.4% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48.6%.

Data also showed that white students made up 72% of the student body, the largest percentage in Clay County schools, followed by Black students with 10%, 8.2% Hispanic students, 6% American Indian students, 2.7% multiracial students, 1% Asian students, 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students and less than 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students.

Horizon Middle School had the highest enrollment among Clay County's 20 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 2,158 students.

With more than 870,000 students enrolled, Minnesota's public school system is the 10th-largest in the United States. As of 2025 the student-to-teacher ratio in the state’s public schools is 15 to 1, on par with the national average. 

School name	Total enrollment in 2023-24	Total enrollment in 2024-25	% change
Horizon Middle School	2,167	2,158	-0.4%
Moorhead High School	2,017	2,122	5.2%
S.G. Reinertsen Elementary	687	719	4.7%
Dorothy Dodds Elementary School	624	625	0.2%
Ellen Hopkins Elementary	595	616	3.5%
Robert Asp Elementary	622	580	-6.8%
Hawley Elementary	592	579	-2.2%
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary	624	555	-11.1%
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Middle School	496	508	2.4%
Barnesville Elementary School	496	490	-1.2%
Hawley Secondary	452	453	0.2%
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Senior High	451	449	-0.4%
Barnesville High School	379	380	0.3%
Probstfield Elementary	287	290	1%
Ulen-Hitterdal Secondary	145	158	9%
Ulen-Hitterdal Elementary	140	144	2.9%
Moorhead Alternative Learning Center	141	138	-2.1%
Spring Prairie Elementary	18	26	44.4%
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton ALP	15	23	53.3%
Moorhead Voluntary PreKindergarten	--	20	--