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There were 14,518 white students enrolled in Olmsted County public schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.3% less than the previous year, according to the Minnesota Department of Education.

Data showed that Olmsted County welcomed 23,463 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 61.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 47 schools in the county, Mayo Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,088.

According to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Minnesota's fourth graders scored 241 in math, just above the national average of 237. Their reading score of 216 was on par with the U.S. average, but shows a slight decline over recent years. Eighth graders scored 284 in math and 264 in reading, both above the national averages. 

However, despite these results, both grade levels remain below pre-pandemic levels in math and reading.

As of 2024, according to Public School Review, the student-to-teacher ratio in Minnesota's public schools stands at 1:16, slightly worse than the national average of 1:15. This is part of a larger framework within Minnesota's educational system, which is the 10th largest in the United States, accommodating over 869,000 students across 2,709 public schools.

School Name	No. of White Students	% of White Students	Total School Enrollment
Rochester Alternative Learning Center Recovery Program	4	100%	4
Chatfield Secondary School	411	94.1%	437
Dover-Eyota Elementary School	465	92.8%	501
Stewartville Senior High School	541	91.5%	591
Dover-Eyota High School	276	91.1%	303
Pine Island Elementary School	549	89.7%	612
Bonner Elementary School	375	89.3%	420
Byron Senior High School	613	89%	689
Bear Cave Intermediate School	409	88.5%	462
Stewartville Middle School	444	88.5%	502
Byron Middle School	478	88.4%	541
Dover-Eyota Middle School	228	88%	259
Byron Intermediate School	502	87.9%	571
Byron Primary School	445	84%	530
Pinewood Elementary School	196	71.3%	275
Lincoln K-8 District-Wide School	341	69.9%	488
Bamber Valley Elementary School	424	69.2%	613
Rochester Beacon Academy	65	68.4%	95
FOCUS ALP	2	66.7%	3
Folwell Elementary School	220	66.5%	331
Montessori at Franklin District-Wide Elementary School	115	66.1%	174
Jefferson Elementary School	315	64.6%	488
Rosa Parks Charter High School	42	64.6%	65
Washington District-Wide Elementary School	205	63.1%	325
Mayo Senior High School	1,088	59.8%	1,820
Middle School Right Fit	16	59.3%	27
Century Senior High School	1,000	58.1%	1,722
Hoover Elementary School	139	57.9%	240
John Adams Middle School	459	57.3%	801
Kellogg Middle School	414	53%	781
Willow Creek Middle School	436	52.3%	834
Bishop Elementary School	277	51.7%	536
Longfellow 45-15 District-Wide Elementary School	171	51.2%	334
Elton Hills Elementary School	163	50.5%	323
Gibbs Elementary School	365	50.3%	725
John Marshall Senior High School	738	48.5%	1,521
Churchill Elementary School	94	48.2%	195
Dakota Middle School	482	48.1%	1,003
Sunset Terrace Elementary School	182	44.2%	412
Overland Elementary School	224	40.4%	555
Franklin Elementary School	171	34.8%	492
Gage Elementary School	193	34.3%	563
Rochester Alternative Learning Center	127	33.8%	376
Riverside Central Elementary School	114	29.4%	388
Credit Recovery	0	0%	1
Rochester Math and Science Academy	0	0%	419
Rochester STEM Academy	0	0%	116