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 Sibley County comprised 51.4% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48.6%.
Data also showed that white students made up 70.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in Sibley County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 23.7%, 3.2% multiracial students, 1.3% American Indian students, 0.9% Black students and 0.5% Asian students.
Sibley East-Gaylord Elementary had the highest enrollment among Sibley County's 10 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 484 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sibley East-Gaylord Elementary | 469 | 484 | 3.2% |
| Sibley East-Arlington Senior High | 356 | 349 | -2% |
| Sibley East Middle School | 253 | 234 | -7.5% |
| GFW High School | 214 | 225 | 5.1% |
| GFW Elementary School | 199 | 211 | 6% |
| GFW Middle School | 187 | 175 | -6.4% |
| Minnesota New Country School | 135 | 136 | 0.7% |
| Minnesota New Country Elementary | 78 | 78 | 0% |
| Green Isle Community School | 47 | 40 | -14.9% |
| Alternative Learning Cooperative | 20 | 16 | -20% |
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