NW Twin Cities

There were 234 American Indian students enrolled in Wright County public schools in the 2023-24 school year, 14.7% 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, American Indian students comprised 0.9% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 51 schools in the county, Buffalo Senior High School and Prairie View Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 20.

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 American Indian Students	% of American Indian Students	Total School Enrollment
Terra Nova School	5	4.6%	110
Wright Technical Center Alternative Learning Center	3	3.6%	83
Prairie View Middle School	20	2.3%	857
Otsego Elementary School	12	2.2%	549
Humphrey Elementary School	6	2.2%	274
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Sec.	8	2%	399
Prairie View Elementary School	15	2%	744
Swan River Montessori Charter School	3	1.9%	162
Hanover Elementary School	7	1.9%	371
Eastview Education Center	5	1.5%	326
Parkside Elementary School	5	1.5%	340
Rockford Middle School	7	1.5%	463
Little Mountain Elementary School	7	1.2%	598
Monticello Senior High School	14	1.1%	1,330
Buffalo Senior High School	20	1.1%	1,792
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle School	4	1%	399
Northwinds Elementary School	4	1%	408
Dassel-Cokato Alternative Center	1	0.9%	109
Monticello Middle School	8	0.9%	942
Big Woods Elementary School	6	0.9%	648
Buffalo Community Middle School	10	0.9%	1,140
Montrose Elementary School of Innovation	3	0.8%	357
Annandale Senior High School	5	0.8%	633
Delano Elementary School	6	0.8%	744
St. Michael Elementary School	4	0.7%	591
Albertville Primary School	3	0.6%	503
St. Michael-Albertville Middle West	5	0.5%	1,066
Dassel-Cokato Middle School	3	0.5%	589
St. Michael-Albertville Senior High School	12	0.5%	2,223
Tatanka Elementary STEM School	2	0.5%	420
Dassel-Cokato Senior High School	3	0.5%	593
Annandale Middle School	2	0.4%	473
Annandale Elementary School	4	0.4%	943
Pinewood Elementary School	3	0.4%	790
Delano Intermediate School	2	0.4%	544
Maple Lake Elementary School	1	0.3%	407
Cokato Elementary School	1	0.2%	410
St. Michael-Albertville Middle East	2	0.2%	950
Fieldstone Elementary School	1	0.2%	603
Delano High School	2	0.2%	1,176
Discovery Elementary School	0	0%	256
HLWW Alternative Learning Program	0	0%	16
Kaleidoscope Charter Elementary School	0	0%	288
Kaleidoscope Charter High School	0	0%	72
Kaleidoscope Middle School	0	0%	115
Knights Academy	0	0%	47
Maple Lake Secondary School	0	0%	379
Monticello Alternative Program	0	0%	23
Monticello Nature Based Education	0	0%	62
Phoenix Learning Center	0	0%	39
Wright Technical Center Alternative Learning Center Middle	0	0%	3