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 Faribault County comprised 52.1% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.9%.
Data also showed that white students made up 77.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Faribault County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 18.4%, 2.3% multiracial students, 0.9% American Indian students, 0.6% Black students, 0.4% Asian students and 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.
Blue Earth Area Elementary had the highest enrollment among Faribault County's five schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 512 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Earth Area Elementary | 491 | 512 | 4.3% |
| United South Central Elementary | 445 | 449 | 0.9% |
| Blue Earth Area Secondary | 418 | 420 | 0.5% |
| United South Central High School | 333 | 348 | 4.5% |
| Blue Earth Area Middle | 140 | 133 | -5% |
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