Total enrollment
1,312
+94 (+8%) vs SY 2020-21
7 schools in HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED
Minnesota · 1,312 students · 3 cities
HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED is a public-school district inside Minnesota, running 7 K-12 schools with combined enrollment of roughly 1,312 students, broken out as 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 3 high.
4-year change in HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
6
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Minnesota | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #118 of 163 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,312 | #124 of 269 | #5,928 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 6 | #74 of 269 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #222 of 267 | #6,860 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 29.7% | #190 of 269 | #6,651 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #116 of 152 | #5,524 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED
State test results across the district's 4 scored schools run from HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY at 39.4% proficient to WINSTED ELEMENTARY at 37.5%, a gap of 1.8 points. That is the 84th widest gap among 84 Minnesota districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 5 district schools that reported both years went from 1,211 to 1,284 students (up 6%) and from 78 to 77 full-time teachers (down 1%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. | Howard Lake | High | 09-12 | 411 |
| Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle | Howard Lake | Middle | 05-08 | 393 |
| HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY | Waverly | Elementary | PK-04 | 243 |
| WINSTED ELEMENTARY | Winsted | Elementary | PK-04 | 213 |
| HOWARD LAKE WAVERLY WINSTED ECSE | Winsted | Elementary | PK-PK | 28 |
| HLWW ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAM | Howard Lake | High | 09-12 | 24 |
| ALP Credit Recovery | Howard Lake | High | 09-12 | 0 |
About HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED
HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED runs 7 public schools across Minnesota, collectively serveing roughly 1,312 students.
For a sense of the school types, HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED covers 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 3 high schools.
Average enrollment per school in HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED is about 187, below the Minnesota average of roughly 357.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment expanded 8%: 1,218 students in SY 2020-21 versus 1,312 in SY 2024-25.
On this page, the community for HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.