WADENA-DEER CREEK 5TH AND 6TH GRADE

WADENA-DEER CREEK 5TH AND 6TH GRADE, an one-room-style middle school in WADENA, Minnesota, overseen by WADENA-DEER CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT, educates 159 students, covering grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 68% leaner than typical.

Within WADENA-DEER CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,079 students, WADENA-DEER CREEK 5TH AND 6TH GRADE is one campus in the system.

On demographics, WADENA-DEER CREEK 5TH AND 6TH GRADE reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder comes out to 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at WADENA-DEER CREEK 5TH AND 6TH GRADE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Wadena County's rate of about 49%.

After controlling for student poverty, WADENA-DEER CREEK 5TH AND 6TH GRADE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wadena County put the typical household earns roughly $61,467 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Wadena County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,201 students), WADENA-DEER CREEK 5TH AND 6TH GRADE is one campus in the mix.

WADENA-DEER CREEK SENIOR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WADENA-DEER CREEK 5TH AND 6TH GRADE comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WADENA-DEER CREEK 5TH AND 6TH GRADE has shrank 13%, going from 183 students in 2018 to 159 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.