Minnesota Public Schools

Minnesota is the #13 largest school system in the United States, serving 838,724 students across 2,401 public schools. There are 61 Blue Ribbon Schools, 73 magnet schools, 176 charter schools, and 277 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(MN) School Average
% American Indian		 2%
% Asian		 6%
% Hispanic		 7%
% Black		 10%
% White		 72%
Unknown		 3%

Minnesota Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Aitkin County 6 1 5
2. Anoka County 43 24 56
3. Becker County 13 6 11
4. Beltrami County 16 11 19
5. Benton County 4 4 7
6. Big Stone County 2 - 4
7. Blue Earth County 10 5 13
8. Brown County 7 3 7
9. Carlton County 14 3 13
10. Carver County 21 8 19
11. Cass County 12 5 7
12. Chippewa County 6 2 4
13. Chisago County 11 6 13
14. Clay County 11 5 12
15. Clearwater County 3 - 2
16. Cook County 3 2 5
17. Cottonwood County 6 3 5
18. Crow Wing County 7 7 13
19. Dakota County 56 37 82
20. Dodge County 3 2 3
21. Douglas County 7 4 12
22. Faribault County 5 1 7
23. Fillmore County 7 2 6
24. Freeborn County 6 3 9
25. Goodhue County 15 9 13
26. Grant County 3 1 3
27. Hennepin County 209 95 223
28. Houston County 9 5 8
29. Hubbard County 5 1 3
30. Isanti County 10 6 9
31. Itasca County 13 9 16
32. Jackson County 2 1 3
33. Kanabec County 3 - 3
34. Kandiyohi County 9 6 10
35. Kittson County 3 - 4
36. Koochiching County 4 - 4
37. Lac Qui Parle County 2 1 2
38. Lake County 3 1 3
39. Lake Of The Woods County 1 - 1
40. Le Sueur County 7 4 6
41. Lincoln County 4 1 4
42. Lyon County 6 2 6
43. Mahnomen County 2 - 2
44. Marshall County 5 2 7
45. Martin County 7 3 7
46. Mcleod County 8 4 9
47. Meeker County 6 5 7
48. Mille Lacs County 11 4 8
49. Morrison County 12 5 11
50. Mower County 11 10 17
51. Murray County 2 - 2
52. Nicollet County 10 6 13
53. Nobles County 6 3 6
54. Norman County 4 - 3
55. Olmsted County 22 16 34
56. Otter Tail County 15 8 18
57. Pennington County 3 1 2
58. Pine County 7 1 7
59. Pipestone County 2 1 3
60. Polk County 10 3 12
61. Pope County 3 3 5
62. Ramsey County 89 55 147
63. Red Lake County 3 - 3
64. Redwood County 7 6 10
65. Renville County 3 2 5
66. Rice County 11 11 19
67. Rock County 5 3 4
68. Roseau County 5 - 6
69. Saint Louis County 57 30 60
70. Scott County 13 12 30
71. Sherburne County 13 8 18
72. Sibley County 4 2 6
73. Stearns County 26 15 27
74. Steele County 6 4 8
75. Stevens County 3 - 4
76. Swift County 5 1 4
77. Todd County 4 1 4
78. Traverse County 1 2 3
79. Wabasha County 3 3 3
80. Wadena County 8 1 7
81. Waseca County 6 4 4
82. Washington County 28 21 54
83. Watonwan County 3 1 4
84. Wilkin County 4 1 3
85. Winona County 9 5 17
86. Wright County 26 14 28
87. Yellow Medicine County 4 2 5

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