Education has long been a high priority for Carver County. In 1857, a year before Minnesota became a state, there were already five school districts in the county. They were centered on Chaska, Chanhassen, Benton, Groveland, and Carver. The combined budget was $788.00 or $4.28 per child.

By the late 1800s and early 1900s, there were dozens of school districts in the county. There were more districts then, as travel and communication between the communities was harder, making it more difficult to have a central administration. Many of these included only one or two schools.

By the 1949–1950 school year there were about fifty separate school districts within Carver County. After this high point, the trend shifted, and from the 1950s forward the number of districts shrank. Communication between schools and administrators became easier. In the twenty-first century, Carver County is home to four school districts, with a budget in 2000 of 60 million dollars, or $5,300 per student. Each school district is a mix of public schools, private schools, and home school groups.

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