West Central Academy-S

West Central Academy-S is a combined-grade school of tight-knit scale in MOORHEAD, Minnesota, one of the schools within Moorhead Area Public Schools, serveing 34 students in grades 4 through 12. That puts it 32% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 50 students.

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

On demographics, West Central Academy-S records that 29% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Black, 24% Hispanic, 21% Native American. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 6.4:1, putting West Central Academy-S higher than the state norm the norm. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Clay County's rate of about 40%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Clay County) logs that median household income runs about $81,172, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clay County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,470 students), West Central Academy-S is one campus in the mix.

Robert Asp Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 127%: 15 students in 2018 compared to 34 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 3.3:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 in 2025.

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