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 Waseca County comprised 51% boys, with girls representing the remaining 49%.
Data also showed that white students made up 79.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Waseca County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 12.3%, 4.3% multiracial students, 1.7% Black students, 0.9% American Indian students, 0.6% Asian students, 0.2% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.
Waseca Senior High had the highest enrollment among Waseca County's 10 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 579 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waseca Senior High | 607 | 579 | -4.6% |
| NRHEG Secondary | 455 | 434 | -4.6% |
| Hartley Elementary | 449 | 418 | -6.9% |
| Waseca Intermediate School | 359 | 356 | -0.8% |
| Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Sec | 349 | 339 | -2.9% |
| Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton El.Em. | 348 | 324 | -6.9% |
| Waseca Junior High | 259 | 266 | 2.7% |
| TEAM Academy | 102 | 103 | 1% |
| Waseca Area Learning Center | 68 | 61 | -10.3% |
| Waseca Middle Level ALC | 4 | 3 | -25% |
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