Waseca Senior High

Waseca Senior High is a reasonably sized senior high in WASECA, Minnesota, run under WASECA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 555 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 50% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

WASECA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 1,752 students. Waseca Senior High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Waseca Senior High logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

On the resource side, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages about 16.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Waseca Senior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 40.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Waseca County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $76,261 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Waseca County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,915 students), of which Waseca Senior High is one.

The closest other public school is WASECA MIDDLE LEVEL ALC, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Waseca Senior High. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Waseca Senior High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.3%.

Waseca Senior High operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 630 students in 2018 compared to 555 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.