Trek Program

Trek Program operates as a tiny unified-grade school in HOWARD LAKE, Minnesota, overseen by Meeker and Wright Special Education. Current enrollment sits at 7 students spanning grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 50 students per school, that is 86% below typical.

Meeker and Wright Special Education runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 190 students. Trek Program is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Trek Program reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 43% Hispanic. By comparison, Wright County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Trek Program lists 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 2.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 6.4:1, putting Trek Program tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, Wright County reports that median household earnings sit near $107,209, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Wright County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), Trek Program is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Step TD Program, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Trek Program operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 9 students in 2018 compared to 7 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 4.5:1 in 2018 to 2.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Trek Program community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.