WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE SECONDARY

Located at 344 8TH ST, in WESTBROOK, Minnesota, WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE SECONDARY is a low-enrollment four-year high school that caters to 198 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 47% below the state mean of about 371.

WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE SECONDARY is one of 2 schools operated by WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE SCHOOLS, a district that educates 497 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE SECONDARY shows that White students make up the majority at 64%; the rest breaks down as 27% Asian, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Cottonwood County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE SECONDARY has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE SECONDARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.9%, the actual is 35.2%, a residual of +0.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Cottonwood County shows median household earnings sit near $72,941, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cottonwood County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,966 students), WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WALNUT GROVE ELEMENTARY, around 12.3 miles off. On composite proficiency, WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE SECONDARY comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE SECONDARY's enrollment has climbed 30% since 2018, when it stood at 152 (now 198). White enrollment moved from 78% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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