WASECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

WASECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of the low-enrollment 6-8 campuss in WASECA, Minnesota, operated by WASECA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 380 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so WASECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

Within WASECA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 1,752 students, WASECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, WASECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL shows that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, WASECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.0%; this one delivers 41.4%.

Around the school, Waseca County reports that 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%. Across Waseca County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,915 students), WASECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Waseca Senior High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WASECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WASECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.1%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WASECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has shrank 20%, going from 474 students in 2018 to 380 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 79% to 75%.

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