The Crookston School District’s enrollment numbers are increasing this year, with an average of 83 students per grade at Highland School and an average of 83 students per grade at the High School. There are 503 students at Highland School (K-5) and 587 students at the high school (7-12), which is an increase of 30 students from the end of last school year. “That is a positive statement. You know, that always helps your bottom line, and your revenue goes up with more students,” said Interim Superintendent Randy Bruer. “So we saw that we were probably going to be 30-plus students up for this school year, and I would say that’s not counting the preschool or kindergarten classes either. So it’s nice to see an increase like that in our enrollment.”
The increased enrollment will help the district financially. “We’ve been gradually seeing a fund balance that’s dropping on us,” said Interim Superintendent Bruer. “That’s going to help that fund balance to kind of maintain and be sufficient for future years.”
The Highland School and High School numbers per grade are below.
HIGHLAND SCHOOL-
Kindergarten 90
1st Grade 88
2nd Grade 80
3rd Grade 87
4th Grade 81
5th Grade 77 Total HES Students: 503
CROOKSTON HIGH SCHOOL-
6th Grade 84
7th Grade 78
8th Grade 89
9th Grade 91
10th Grade 79
11th Grade 78
12th Grade 88 Total CHS Students: 587
Total District Student Count as of 9/9/25: 1090