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There were 2,927 students enrolled in Fillmore County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 1% more 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 52.2% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.8%.

Data also showed that white students made up 93.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Fillmore County schools, followed by multiracial students with 2.8%, 2.7% Hispanic students, 0.6% 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 12 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 469 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
Chatfield Elementary School	445	469	5.4%
Fillmore Central Elementary	295	311	5.4%
Kingsland Elementary School	297	306	3%
Rushford-Peterson Elementary	260	266	2.3%
Fillmore Central Senior High	275	264	-4%
Lanesboro Elementary	253	249	-1.6%
Rushford-Peterson Senior High	223	237	6.3%
Kingsland Junior/Senior High School	220	218	-0.9%
Lanesboro Secondary	190	193	1.6%
Rushford-Peterson Middle	149	145	-2.7%
Mabel-Canton Elementary	163	143	-12.3%
Mabel-Canton Secondary	117	126	7.7%