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There were 2,898 students enrolled in Fillmore County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Fillmore County comprised 52.3% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.7%.

Data also showed that white students made up 93.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Fillmore County schools, followed by multiracial students with 2.8%, 2.3% Hispanic students, 0.5% Black students, 0.3% Asian students, 0.1% American Indian students, less than 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and less than 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.

Chatfield Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Fillmore County's 13 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 445 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
Chatfield Elementary School	467	445	-4.7%
Kingsland Elementary School	300	297	-1%
Fillmore Central Elementary	301	295	-2%
Fillmore Central Senior High	277	275	-0.7%
Rushford-Peterson Elementary	254	260	2.4%
Lanesboro Elementary	251	253	0.8%
Rushford-Peterson Senior High	218	223	2.3%
Kingsland Junior/Senior High School	233	220	-5.6%
Lanesboro Secondary	183	190	3.8%
Mabel-Canton Elementary	158	163	3.2%
Rushford-Peterson Middle	167	149	-10.8%
Mabel-Canton Secondary	118	117	-0.8%
Fillmore Central Alternative Learning Program	11	11	0%