West Twin Cities

There were 5,181 students enrolled in McLeod County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in McLeod County comprised 52.3% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.7%.

Data also showed that white students made up 78.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in McLeod County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 16.4%, 2.9% multiracial students, 0.8% American Indian students, 0.8% Black students, 0.7% Asian students, 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and less than 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.

Hutchinson Senior High had the highest enrollment among McLeod County's 18 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 888 students.

Minnesota's educational system, the 10th largest in the United States, serves over 869,000 students across 2,709 institutions. As of 2024, the student-to-teacher ratio in the state’s public schools is 1:16, slightly worse than the national average of 1:15.

Meanwhile, data from the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveals that Minnesota fourth and eighth graders performed mostly above the national average in math, their scores suggest a slight decline from previous years, particularly in reading.

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Hutchinson Senior High	908	888	-2.2%
Hutchinson Middle	565	568	0.5%
Glencoe-Silver Lake Senior High	496	483	-2.6%
Hutchinson West Elementary	426	424	-0.5%
Lakeside Elementary	399	412	3.3%
Hutchinson Park Elementary	381	393	3.1%
Hutchinson Tiger Elementary	369	385	4.3%
Lincoln Elementary	329	314	-4.6%
Lester Prairie Secondary	239	242	1.3%
GSL Junior High School	222	224	0.9%
New Discoveries Montessori Academy	237	223	-5.9%
Lester Prairie Elementary	248	217	-12.5%
Winsted Elementary	192	199	3.6%
New Century Academy	117	98	-16.2%
Hutchinson Middle School A.L.C.	66	61	-7.6%
Crow River Area Learning Center	20	26	30%
SWWC Alternative Learning Center - Glencoe	23	22	-4.3%
Hutchinson Night Alt Learning Ctr	1	2	100%