WAUBUN SECONDARY

WAUBUN SECONDARY is a tight-knit high school in WAUBUN, Minnesota, overseen by Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools. The school enrolls 283 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 24% leaner than the state mean of about 371.

Within Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 727 students, WAUBUN SECONDARY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, WAUBUN SECONDARY logs that Native American students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school reports 17% White, 7% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Mahnomen County (around 72%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WAUBUN SECONDARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of -7.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Mahnomen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,441 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Mahnomen County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,284 students), of which WAUBUN SECONDARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: WAUBUN ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around WAUBUN SECONDARY. On composite proficiency, WAUBUN SECONDARY comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 23.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WAUBUN SECONDARY has climbed 22%, going from 232 students in 2018 to 283 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 21% to 17%. Class-load math has widened: from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the WAUBUN SECONDARY community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.