WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY

WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY is a small high school. Its address is in BARRETT, Minnesota. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 229 students. That is 38% below the average of about 371 students for high schools in Minnesota.

WEST CENTRAL AREA enrolls 743 students, and its 4 schools include WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY.

Of every 100 students at WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY, about 89 are White. It is also 5% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.

The school's 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. The average for high schools in Minnesota is 16.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 35% average for public schools in Grant County.

Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 46.5%. WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY scores 57.5%.

In the surrounding county, Grant County, the median household earns about $73,917 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Grant County has 8 public schools with about 1,012 students, including WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY.

Less than a tenth of a mile separates WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY from the closest public school, WCA Middle School. Within ten miles are 2 other public schools. On average proficiency, WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.

Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 242 to 229. Students per teacher dropped from 15.1 in 2020-21 to 12.6 in 2024-25.

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