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There were 4,467 students enrolled in Becker County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Becker County comprised 51.7% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48.3%.

Data also showed that white students made up 72.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Becker County schools, followed by American Indian students with 21.2%, 2.6% Hispanic students, 1.7% multiracial students, 1.6% Black students, 0.4% Asian students, 0.2% Other Indigenous Peoples students and less than 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students.

Detroit Lakes Senior High had the highest enrollment among Becker County's 13 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 791 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
Detroit Lakes Senior High	851	791	-7.1%
Detroit Lakes Middle	615	617	0.3%
Rossman Elementary	592	565	-4.6%
Roosevelt Elementary	583	562	-3.6%
Frazee Elementary	414	453	9.4%
Lake Park Audubon High School	349	388	11.2%
Frazee Secondary	388	381	-1.8%
Lake Park Audubon Elementary	336	275	-18.2%
Ogema Elementary	274	251	-8.4%
Lincoln Early Childhood Ed. Center	75	64	-14.7%
Detroit Lakes Area Learning Center	56	57	1.8%
Pine Point Elementary	47	46	-2.1%
Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten	--	17	--