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There were 4,391 students enrolled in Nicollet County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Nicollet County comprised 52% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48%.

Data also showed that white students made up 74.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Nicollet County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 11.8%, 7.4% Black students, 3.8% multiracial students, 1.4% American Indian students, 1.1% Asian students, 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and less than 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.

Dakota Meadows Middle School had the highest enrollment among Nicollet County's 11 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 886 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
Dakota Meadows Middle School	878	886	0.9%
St. Peter High School	718	711	-1%
St. Peter Middle School	621	596	-4%
Hoover Elementary	503	493	-2%
North Elementary School	383	423	10.4%
Monroe Elementary	428	405	-5.4%
South Elementary School	275	271	-1.5%
Bridges Community Elementary	233	250	7.3%
Nicollet High School	177	170	-4%
Nicollet Elementary School	163	163	0%
Rock Bend HS ALC	22	23	4.5%