East Twin Cities

There were 44,066 students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

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%