West Central Academy-N

Set in MOORHEAD, Minnesota, West Central Academy-N is a rural-scale all-grades campus, overseen by Moorhead Area Public Schools. It serves 16 students across grades 3 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 50 students each, so West Central Academy-N sits 68% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Moorhead Area Public Schools, which oversees 12 schools and 7,571 students, West Central Academy-N is one campus in the system.

Demographically, West Central Academy-N reports that 31% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 19% Native American, 6% Black. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Clay County shows median household earnings sit near $81,172, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Clay County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,470 students), West Central Academy-N is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Moorhead ALC, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Central Academy-N has ticked up 78%, going from 9 students in 2018 to 16 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 44% to 31%.

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