Minnewaska Area Intermediate School

Minnewaska Area Intermediate School operates as a tight-knit 6-8 campus in GLENWOOD, Minnesota, overseen by MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 295 students spanning grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so Minnewaska Area Intermediate School sits 40% below that benchmark.

Minnewaska Area Intermediate School is one of 6 schools operated by MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 1,324 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Minnewaska Area Intermediate School logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Pope County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Minnewaska Area Intermediate School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Minnewaska Area Intermediate School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 67.4%, a residual of +17.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Pope County indicate median household income runs about $76,220, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Pope County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,421 students), of which Minnewaska Area Intermediate School is one.

Nearest neighbor: MINNEWASKA SECONDARY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Minnewaska Area Intermediate School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Minnewaska Area Intermediate School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 283 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 30.7:1 in 2018 to 25.3:1 today.

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