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 Benton County comprised 51.1% boys, with girls representing the remaining 48.9%.
Data also showed that white students made up 83.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in Benton County schools, followed by Black students with 5.6%, 5.2% multiracial students, 4.1% Hispanic students, 0.9% Asian students, 0.9% American Indian students, 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students and less than 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students.
Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High had the highest enrollment among Benton County's 10 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,317 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High | 1,394 | 1,317 | -5.5% |
| Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School | 1,045 | 1,067 | 2.1% |
| Mississippi Heights Elementary | 848 | 817 | -3.7% |
| Foley Intermediate Elementary | 735 | 743 | 1.1% |
| Pleasantview Elementary | 712 | 722 | 1.4% |
| Foley Senior High | 621 | 603 | -2.9% |
| Foley Elementary | 569 | 579 | 1.8% |
| Rice Elementary | 372 | 361 | -3% |
| Lincoln Elementary | 396 | 295 | -25.5% |
| ALC - Sauk Rapids | -- | 66 | -- |
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