Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle

Located at 8700 COUNTY ROAD 6 SW, in HOWARD LAKE, Minnesota, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle is a compact junior high that instructs 393 students (grades 5 through 8), overseen by HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 21% smaller than typical.

Across the 6 schools in HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED (1,312 students total), Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 38.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Wright County shows the typical household earns roughly $107,209 per year, 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 Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle is one.

The closest other public school is HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC., roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle.

Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 5%: 373 students in 2018 compared to 393 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.