Waconia High School

Waconia High School is one of the expansive four-year high schools in WACONIA, Minnesota, part of WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,335 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 260% larger than typical.

WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,984 students. Waconia High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Waconia High School lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 9% of students at Waconia High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Carver County's rate of about 18%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Waconia High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 60.4%; this one comes in at 45.0%, -15.4 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Carver County indicate median household earnings sit near $125,946, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Carver County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,076 students), Waconia High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Waconia Learning Center, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Waconia High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Waconia High School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 59.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Waconia High School's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,262 (now 1,335). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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