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 Freeborn County comprised 52% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48%.
Data also showed that white students made up 62.3% of the student body, the largest percentage in Freeborn County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 21.3%, 9.5% Asian students, 3.4% multiracial students, 2.4% Black students, 1.1% American Indian students and less than 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students.
Albert Lea Senior High had the highest enrollment among Freeborn County's 11 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,229 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Lea Senior High | 1,218 | 1,229 | 0.9% |
| Southwest Middle | 474 | 455 | -4% |
| Lakeview Elementary | 435 | 412 | -5.3% |
| Hawthorne Elementary | 424 | 403 | -5% |
| Halverson Elementary | 389 | 368 | -5.4% |
| Sibley Elementary | 282 | 273 | -3.2% |
| Alden-Conger Elementary | 221 | 235 | 6.3% |
| Alden-Conger Secondary | 226 | 222 | -1.8% |
| Albert Lea Area Learning Center | 119 | 124 | 4.2% |
| Glenville Emmons Elementary | 116 | 123 | 6% |
| Glenville-Emmons Secondary | 98 | 101 | 3.1% |
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