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 Washington County comprised 50.6% boys, with girls representing the remaining 49.4%.
Data also showed that white students made up 63.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Washington County schools, followed by Asian students with 11.6%, 8.8% Hispanic students, 8.7% Black students, 6% multiracial students, 1.6% American Indian students, 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and less than 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.
Stillwater Area High School had the highest enrollment among Washington County's 70 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 2,713 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Area High School | 2,647 | 2,713 | 2.5% |
| East Ridge High School | 2,021 | 2,042 | 1% |
| Park High School | 1,938 | 1,957 | 1% |
| Woodbury High School | 1,979 | 1,948 | -1.6% |
| Forest Lake Area High School | 1,876 | 1,823 | -2.8% |
| Tartan Senior High | 1,683 | 1,743 | 3.6% |
| Mahtomedi Senior High | 1,142 | 1,164 | 1.9% |
| Lake Middle School | 1,145 | 1,160 | 1.3% |
| Woodbury Middle School | 1,108 | 1,098 | -0.9% |
| Oltman Middle School | 969 | 1,002 | 3.4% |
| Skyview Community Middle | 1,004 | 990 | -1.4% |
| Cottage Grove Middle School | 924 | 972 | 5.2% |
| Oak-Land Middle School | 933 | 935 | 0.2% |
| Stillwater Middle School | 906 | 925 | 2.1% |
| Forest Lake Area Middle School | 853 | 844 | -1.1% |
| Liberty Ridge Elementary | 788 | 804 | 2% |
| Grey Cloud Elementary | 763 | 774 | 1.4% |
| Eagle Point Elementary | 771 | 758 | -1.7% |
| Mahtomedi Middle | 765 | 749 | -2.1% |
| Woodbury Leadership Academy | 666 | 749 | 12.5% |
| Valley Crossing Elementary | 712 | 727 | 2.1% |
| Math and Science Academy | 609 | 663 | 8.9% |
| Gordon Bailey Elementary | 653 | 655 | 0.3% |
| O.H. Anderson Elementary | 651 | 654 | 0.5% |
| Red Rock Elementary | 637 | 626 | -1.7% |
| Lake Elmo Elementary | 653 | 626 | -4.1% |
| Castle Elementary | 557 | 620 | 11.3% |
| Lakes International Language Academy Lower School | 581 | 597 | 2.8% |
| Wildwood Elementary | 573 | 584 | 1.9% |
| Middleton Elementary | 586 | 583 | -0.5% |
| Lakes International Language Academy Upper School | 593 | 572 | -3.5% |
| Brookview Elementary | 571 | 570 | -0.2% |
| Rutherford Elementary | 555 | 560 | 0.9% |
| Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion Elementary | 499 | 533 | 6.8% |
| Pine Hill Elementary | 530 | 521 | -1.7% |
| E-STEM Middle School | 538 | 510 | -5.2% |
| North Star Elementary | 473 | 476 | 0.6% |
| Royal Oaks Elementary | 491 | 473 | -3.7% |
| Woodbury Elementary | 471 | 462 | -1.9% |
| Afton-Lakeland Elementary | 474 | 457 | -3.6% |
| St. Croix Preparatory Academy Lower | 457 | 452 | -1.1% |
| Stonebridge Elementary | 421 | 432 | 2.6% |
| Hillside Elementary | 425 | 424 | -0.2% |
| Oneka Elementary School | 425 | 423 | -0.5% |
| Cottage Grove Elementary | 424 | 421 | -0.7% |
| Crestview Elementary | 418 | 418 | 0% |
| Lily Lake Elementary | 414 | 417 | 0.7% |
| Pullman Elementary | 369 | 378 | 2.4% |
| St. Croix Preparatory Academy Middle | 375 | 375 | 0% |
| St. Croix Preparatory Academy Upper | 381 | 375 | -1.6% |
| Forest View Elementary | 360 | 333 | -7.5% |
| Andersen Elementary | 335 | 326 | -2.7% |
| Scandia Elementary | 365 | 321 | -12.1% |
| Forest Lake Elementary | 333 | 315 | -5.4% |
| Armstrong Elementary | 322 | 308 | -4.3% |
| Newport Elementary | 271 | 275 | 1.5% |
| North Lakes Academy Elementary | 283 | 266 | -6% |
| Forest Lake Area Community School | 176 | 198 | 12.5% |
| North Lakes Academy Middle School | 157 | 148 | -5.7% |
| North Lakes Academy Upper School | 159 | 141 | -11.3% |
| Marine Area Community School | 219 | 126 | -42.5% |
| LILA Kinder Center | 127 | 118 | -7.1% |
| Marine Village School | 29 | 95 | 227.6% |
| South Washington Alternative High School | 85 | 92 | 8.2% |
| St Croix Valley Area Learning Cntr. | 75 | 79 | 5.3% |
| New Heights School, Inc. | 111 | 68 | -38.7% |
| GATE 4/5 | 58 | 62 | 6.9% |
| New Heights Elementary School | -- | 36 | -- |
| Community School Credit Recovery | -- | 15 | -- |
| Access | 6 | 10 | 66.7% |
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