Enrollment
243
Elementary
DISTRICT 161 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED·NCES 270012302697
HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY
803 ELM AVE, WAVERLY, MN 55390 · (320) 543-4680 · Wright County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL243 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
72 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 23% smaller than its 4th grade class (48).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY→Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle
Based on grade levels within HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
34.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
50.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY
HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY this school | 243 | 29.6% | 39.4% |
| HANCOCK ELEMENTARY HANCOCK | 233 | 28.3% | 75.2% |
| KENYON-WANAMINGO ELEMENTARY WANAMINGO | 198 | 31.3% | 51.2% |
| CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY BELLE PLAINE | 308 | 30.2% | N/A |
| MINNEOTA ELEMENTARY MINNEOTA | 258 | 26.7% | 65.5% |
| BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY BATTLE LAKE | 230 | 31.7% | 62.8% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Wright County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #548 of 844 | #18 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #435 of 844 | #15 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #659 of 844 | #20 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 243 | #732 of 1,130 | #21 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #258 of 769 | #4 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #596 of 796 | #13 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #690 of 942 | #10 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #225 of 499 | #8 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
243
-21 (-8%) vs 2020
+14% since 2000-01, when it was 214
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 243 | 19 | 12.8:1 | 30% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 35% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 32% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 264 | 22 | 12.0:1 | 13% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 286 | 20.7 | 13.8:1 | 24% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 256 | 19 | 13.5:1 | 32% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 231 | 15 | 15.4:1 | 32% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 214 | 15 | 14.3:1 | 22% (47) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (286 to 243); teachers down 8% (20.7 to 19).
About HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY
This page covers HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY, a small elementary school in WAVERLY, Minnesota. The school's enrollment of 243 students covers pre-K through 4. Statewide, elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students each.
District-wide, HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED has 6 schools and 1,312 students.
White students are the large majority at HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY, with 84% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
The teaching staff at HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY is 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, higher than at this school. About 30% of students, or 72, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY is 9.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (39.4% versus 49.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Minnesota.
Wright County has about 148,269 residents, and median household income is about $107,209, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 88 public schools in Wright County, with a combined enrollment of about 27,879.
The closest public school to HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY is Montrose Elementary School of Innov, about 3.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Nearby schools with test data average 41.0% proficiency; HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY posts 39.4%.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 264 in 2020-21 and 243 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease.
Community posts for HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 SEC.High · 411 students
- Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted MiddleMiddle · 393 students
- WINSTED ELEMENTARYElementary · 213 students
- HOWARD LAKE WAVERLY WINSTED ECSEElementary · 28 students
- HLWW ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAMHigh · 24 students
- ALP Credit RecoveryHigh
Other schools in WAVERLY
- SWMetro Freedom Academy ALCCombined
- SWMetro Freedom Academy Level 4Combined
Other Humphrey Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Humphrey Elementary. HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 2.
- HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHUMPHREY, NE · 177 students
Nearby schools
- Montrose Elementary School of Innov3.2 mi · 363
- Meeker-Wright Early Childhood Sp Ed4.8 mi · 68
- Trek Program4.8 mi · 7
- Journeys Alternative Program4.8 mi · 9
- Step TD Program4.8 mi · 18
- HLWW ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAM5.2 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About HUMPHREY ELEMENTARYHow many students attend HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY?
HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 243 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY serve?
HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY have?
HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY are roughly 84% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY in?
HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY is part of HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED.
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