Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec is a 9-12 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in LAKE CRYSTAL, Minnesota, part of LAKE CRYSTAL-WELLCOME MEMORIAL, instructing 506 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec sits 36% larger than that benchmark.

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec is one of 3 schools operated by LAKE CRYSTAL-WELLCOME MEMORIAL, a district that hosts 957 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 5% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Blue Earth County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.2%; this one delivers 42.0%.

Around the school, census data for Blue Earth County shows median household income runs about $74,477, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Blue Earth County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,034 students), of which Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec is one.

The closest other public school is LCWM ECSE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 14%: 443 students in 2018 compared to 506 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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