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There were 8,717 students enrolled in Blue Earth County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Blue Earth County comprised 51.8% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48.2%.

Data also showed that white students made up 73.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in Blue Earth County schools, followed by Black students with 10.7%, 7.5% Hispanic students, 5% multiracial students, 1.6% Asian students, 1.4% American Indian students, 0.2% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.

Mankato East Senior High had the highest enrollment among Blue Earth County's 20 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 1,302 students.

With more than 870,000 students enrolled, Minnesota's public school system is the 10th-largest in the United States. As of 2025 the student-to-teacher ratio in the state’s public schools is 15 to 1, on par with the national average. 

School name	Total enrollment in 2023-24	Total enrollment in 2024-25	% change
Mankato East Senior High	1,336	1,302	-2.5%
Mankato West Senior High	1,193	1,232	3.3%
Prairie Winds Middle School	914	887	-3%
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Secondary	515	506	-1.7%
Maple River Secondary	498	502	0.8%
Rosa Parks Elementary	416	425	2.2%
Maple River Elementary	419	424	1.2%
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Elementary	432	423	-2.1%
St. Clair Elementary	413	411	-0.5%
St. Clair Secondary	407	409	0.5%
Franklin Elementary	430	388	-9.8%
Washington Elementary	370	376	1.6%
Kennedy Elementary	363	347	-4.4%
Roosevelt Elementary	319	302	-5.3%
Eagle Lake Elementary	281	270	-3.9%
Jefferson Elementary	187	191	2.1%
Mankato Area Public Schools Center for Learning	17	165	870.6%
Central High Area Learning Center	99	79	-20.2%
Kato Public Charter School	78	77	-1.3%
Central Freedom School	3	1	-66.7%