HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY

HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY is one of the tight-knit elementary-level communitys in WAVERLY, Minnesota, part of HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED, with 243 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY is one of 6 schools operated by HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED, a district that hosts 1,312 students overall.

Looking at the student body, HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder breaks down as 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 39.4%, a residual of -9.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wright County indicate the typical household earns roughly $107,209 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Wright County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), of which HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: Montrose Elementary School of Innov, around 3.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY has fell 15%, going from 286 students in 2018 to 243 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 94% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.