NW Twin Cities

There were 1,085 Black students enrolled in Wright County public schools in the 2023-24 school year, 26.3% more than the previous year, according to the Minnesota Department of Education.

Data showed that Wright County welcomed 27,359 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 4% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 51 schools in the county, St. Michael-Albertville Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 118.

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 Black Students	% of Black Students	Total School Enrollment
Prairie View Elementary School	109	14.7%	744
Monticello Alternative Program	3	13%	23
Albertville Primary School	48	9.5%	503
St. Michael Elementary School	54	9.1%	591
Prairie View Middle School	77	9%	857
Fieldstone Elementary School	52	8.6%	603
Knights Academy	4	8.5%	47
Kaleidoscope Charter Elementary School	22	7.6%	288
Wright Technical Center Alternative Learning Center	6	7.2%	83
St. Michael-Albertville Middle East	68	7.2%	950
St. Michael-Albertville Middle West	72	6.8%	1,066
Rockford Middle School	30	6.5%	463
Tatanka Elementary STEM School	26	6.2%	420
Otsego Elementary School	30	5.5%	549
St. Michael-Albertville Senior High School	118	5.3%	2,223
Phoenix Learning Center	2	5.1%	39
Montrose Elementary School of Innovation	18	5%	357
Little Mountain Elementary School	28	4.7%	598
Kaleidoscope Middle School	5	4.4%	115
Big Woods Elementary School	27	4.2%	648
Kaleidoscope Charter High School	3	4.2%	72
Eastview Education Center	12	3.7%	326
Monticello Middle School	34	3.6%	942
Monticello Senior High School	44	3.3%	1,330
Buffalo Community Middle School	35	3.1%	1,140
Hanover Elementary School	11	3%	371
Pinewood Elementary School	22	2.8%	790
Buffalo Senior High School	46	2.6%	1,792
Delano Intermediate School	12	2.2%	544
Dassel-Cokato Alternative Center	2	1.8%	109
Terra Nova School	2	1.8%	110
Monticello Nature Based Education	1	1.6%	62
Humphrey Elementary School	4	1.5%	274
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Sec.	5	1.3%	399
Northwinds Elementary School	5	1.2%	408
Delano Elementary School	8	1.1%	744
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle School	4	1%	399
Dassel-Cokato Middle School	6	1%	589
Discovery Elementary School	2	0.8%	256
Maple Lake Secondary School	3	0.8%	379
Delano High School	8	0.7%	1,176
Annandale Elementary School	6	0.6%	943
Swan River Montessori Charter School	1	0.6%	162
Parkside Elementary School	2	0.6%	340
Cokato Elementary School	2	0.5%	410
Dassel-Cokato Senior High School	3	0.5%	593
Maple Lake Elementary School	1	0.3%	407
Annandale Senior High School	1	0.2%	633
Annandale Middle School	1	0.2%	473
Wright Technical Center Alternative Learning Center Middle	0	0%	3
HLWW Alternative Learning Program	0	0%	16