WAUBUN ELEMENTARY

WAUBUN ELEMENTARY operates as a very small junior high in WAUBUN, Minnesota, run under Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools. Current enrollment sits at 162 students spanning grades 4 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 67% below typical.

Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 727 students; WAUBUN ELEMENTARY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WAUBUN ELEMENTARY logs that 84% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority; the rest consists of 14% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 69% of students at WAUBUN ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WAUBUN ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.9%, the actual is 23.9%, a residual of -4.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Mahnomen County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,441 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Mahnomen County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,284 students), of which WAUBUN ELEMENTARY is one.

Waubun ALC is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around WAUBUN ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, WAUBUN ELEMENTARY comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. WAUBUN ELEMENTARY's enrollment has climbed 113% since 2018, when it stood at 76 (now 162). White enrollment moved from 21% to 14% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.