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There were 5,999 students enrolled in Kandiyohi County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Kandiyohi County comprised 50.6% boys, with girls representing the remaining 49.4%.

Data also showed that white students made up 50.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Kandiyohi County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 33.3%, 9.9% Black students, 2.8% Asian students, 2.1% multiracial students, 1.1% American Indian students, less than 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and less than 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.

Willmar Senior High had the highest enrollment among Kandiyohi County's 14 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 1,205 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
Willmar Senior High	1,218	1,205	-1.1%
Willmar Middle School	842	842	0%
Kennedy Elementary	702	672	-4.3%
Lakeland Elementary School	578	623	7.8%
Roosevelt Elementary	629	580	-7.8%
Prairie Woods Elementary	590	578	-2%
New London-Spicer Middle	462	454	-1.7%
New London-Spicer Sr.	467	448	-4.1%
A.C.G.C. Elementary	361	369	2.2%
Willmar Area Learning Center	92	91	-1.1%
DREAM Technical Academy	74	72	-2.7%
Middle School ALC	28	27	-3.6%
Jefferson Early Learning Center	--	26	--
New London Alternative School	13	12	-7.7%