Delano Intermediate School

Located at 683 TIGER DRIVE, in DELANO, Minnesota, Delano Intermediate School is a reasonably sized middle school that teaches 555 students (grades 4 through 6), one of the schools within DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 2,457 students; Delano Intermediate School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Delano Intermediate School logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Wright County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Delano Intermediate School reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Delano Intermediate School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wright County (around 24%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Delano Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wright County put median household income runs about $107,209, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wright County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), of which Delano Intermediate School is one.

Nearest neighbor: DELANO ELEMENTARY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Delano Intermediate School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Delano Intermediate School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 51.9%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 32%: 821 students in 2018 compared to 555 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 95% to 90%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.