Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | sahanjournal.com
Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | sahanjournal.com
In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Renville County comprised 53.4% boys, with girls representing the remaining 46.6%.
Data also showed that white students made up 73.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Renville County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 21.3%, 1.8% multiracial students, 1.7% American Indian students, 0.5% Asian students, 0.4% Other Indigenous Peoples students and 0.4% Black students.
Renville County West Elementary had the highest enrollment among Renville County's nine schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 329 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renville County West Elementary | 332 | 329 | -0.9% |
| BOLD-Bird Island Elementary | 219 | 260 | 18.7% |
| Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Secondary | 256 | 245 | -4.3% |
| Renville County West Senior High | 229 | 219 | -4.4% |
| BOLD Senior High School | 219 | 203 | -7.3% |
| Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Elementary | 190 | 186 | -2.1% |
| BOLD Middle School | 181 | 173 | -4.4% |
| Cedar Mountain Elementary | 170 | 171 | 0.6% |
| Little Stangs Learning Center | -- | 20 | -- |
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