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There were 3,654 students enrolled in Le Sueur County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Le Sueur County comprised 52.4% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.6%.

Data also showed that white students made up 78.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Le Sueur County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 15.5%, 2.7% multiracial students, 1.3% Black students, 1.1% American Indian students, 0.5% Asian students, 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students and less than 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students.

Tri-City United High School had the highest enrollment among Le Sueur County's 10 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 614 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
Tri-City United High School	595	614	3.2%
Montgomery Pre K-8	636	606	-4.7%
Le Center Pre K-8	424	385	-9.2%
Park Elementary	253	369	45.8%
Cleveland Elementary	343	362	5.5%
Le Sueur-Henderson High School	279	287	2.9%
Cleveland Secondary	265	275	3.8%
Waterville Elementary	280	273	-2.5%
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Sr.	253	257	1.6%
Le Sueur-Henderson Middle School	244	226	-7.4%