SWMetro Waseca

SWMetro Waseca is an all-grades campus of one-room-style scale in WASECA, Minnesota, overseen by Southwest Metro Intermediate 288, educateing 13 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 50 students per school, that is 74% smaller than typical.

SWMetro Waseca is one of 20 schools operated by Southwest Metro Intermediate 288, a district that caters to 560 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SWMetro Waseca reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 23% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 3.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 6.4:1 average. Roughly 54% of students at SWMetro Waseca qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Waseca County's rate of about 41%.

Around the school, census data for Waseca County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,261 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Waseca County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,915 students), of which SWMetro Waseca is one.

Nearest neighbor: Waseca Early Childhood, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SWMetro Waseca.

The school occupies a small-town site.

On this page, members of the SWMetro Waseca community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.