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There were 6,783 students enrolled in Mower County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 3.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Mower County comprised 50.3% boys, with girls representing the remaining 49.7%.

Data also showed that white students made up 49.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Mower County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 26.7%, 10.4% Asian students, 6.6% Black students, 3.2% multiracial students, 2.8% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students, 0.9% American Indian students and 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.

Austin Senior High had the highest enrollment among Mower County's 21 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 1,485 students.

With more than 870,000 students enrolled, Minnesota's public school system is the 10th-largest in the United States. As of 2025 the student-to-teacher ratio in the state’s public schools is 15 to 1, on par with the national average. 

School name	Total enrollment in 2023-24	Total enrollment in 2024-25	% change
Austin Senior High	1,408	1,485	5.5%
Ellis Middle	713	726	1.8%
I.J. Holton Intermediate School	700	712	1.7%
Banfield Elementary	478	574	20.1%
Southgate Elementary	460	539	17.2%
Sumner Elementary	341	387	13.5%
Neveln Elementary	352	381	8.2%
Southland Elementary	196	223	13.8%
CLC - Pre-Kindergarten	--	210	--
Southland Senior High	187	190	1.6%
Austin Area Learning Center	194	172	-11.3%
Grand Meadow Elementary	176	172	-2.3%
Grand Meadow Senior High	135	140	3.7%
LeRoy Secondary	123	138	12.2%
Grand Meadow Middle	117	131	12%
Lyle Elementary	130	125	-3.8%
LeRoy Elementary	127	120	-5.5%
Southland Middle	116	107	-7.8%
Lyle Middle	95	99	4.2%
Lyle High School	84	82	-2.4%
SMEC ALC	73	70	-4.1%