Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec.

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec., an average-sized high school in WALKER, Minnesota, part of Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Schl. Dist, caters to 317 students, covering grades 7 through 12.

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Schl. Dist comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 686 students; Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec. is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec. lists that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 22% Native American, 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec. lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Cass County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cass County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,874, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cass County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,570 students), of which Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec. is one.

Nearest neighbor: W.H.A. Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec. ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec. has edged down 12%, going from 359 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 65% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.