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What do students at HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
411
High
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED·NCES 270012300751
HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC.
8700 COUNTY ROAD 6 SW, HOWARD LAKE, MN 55349 · (320) 543-4600 · Wright County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
100 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 48%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
56.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
16.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
411
+83 (+25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 16.3:1
% White
88%
was 93%
% Hispanic
6%
was 2%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC.
HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC., a medium-sized secondary school in HOWARD LAKE, Minnesota, overseen by HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED, caters to 411 students, covering grades 9 through 12.
HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,312 students; HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. is among them.
Demographically, HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Wright County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.0%; actual is 39.0%, a gap of -13.0 points.
Around the school, census data for Wright County shows median household earnings sit near $107,209, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Wright County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is HLWW ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAM, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Trend over the last 7 years. HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC.'s enrollment has increased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 328 (now 411). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 93% to 88%. Class-load math has rose: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Wright County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,269
Census ACS
Median income
$107,209
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
27,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED
- Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted MiddleMiddle · 393 students
- HUMPHREY ELEMENTARYElementary · 243 students
- WINSTED ELEMENTARYElementary · 213 students
- HOWARD LAKE WAVERLY WINSTED ECSEElementary · 28 students
- HLWW ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAMHigh · 24 students
- ALP Credit RecoveryHigh
Other schools in HOWARD LAKE
- Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted MiddleMiddle · 393 students
- Meeker-Wright Early Childhood Sp EdElementary · 68 students
- HLWW ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAMHigh · 24 students
- Step TD ProgramHigh · 18 students
- Journeys Alternative ProgramElementary · 9 students
- Trek ProgramCombined · 7 students
Nearby schools
- HLWW ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAM0.0 mi · 24
- Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle0.0 mi · 393
- Meeker-Wright Early Childhood Sp Ed2.1 mi · 68
- Step TD Program2.1 mi · 18
- Trek Program2.1 mi · 7
- Journeys Alternative Program2.1 mi · 9
Frequently asked questions
About HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC.How large is HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC.?
HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. enrolls approximately 411 students in grades 09-12.
Is HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. an elementary, middle, or high school?
HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. have?
HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the student diversity at HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC.?
Student demographics at HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. are roughly 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. in?
HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. is part of HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED.
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