High · Minnesota

Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High

Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High, a public high school in Wadena, Minnesota: grades 7–12, 470 students, 19.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Wadena-Deer Creek School District.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 470
Teachers (FTE): 23.8
Students per teacher: 19.8
Grades: 7–12; High

More students per teacher than 83% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 14.4 · 708 schools compared

More students per teacher than 82% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 78% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 140 · 824 schools compared

Larger than 54% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Minnesota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Minnesota: 49%

31%proficient

−10.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 76% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 40% · 230 high schools compared

159 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Minnesota: 47%

33%proficient

−1.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 53% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 32% · 229 high schools compared

154 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 7–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Area: Remote town
Run by: Wadena-Deer Creek School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Wadena-Deer Creek School District.

Location

Address: 600 Colfax Ave SW, Wadena, MN 56482
Phone: (218)632-2300
City or town: Wadena
County: Wadena County

Website Quality of life in Wadena Schools in Wadena

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Freshwater Education District ALCAlternative	6–12	101	9.7	—	—	1.7 mi
White Pine AcademySpecial education	5–12	11	4.4	—	—	1.7 mi
Verndale Secondary	7–12	231	12.0	26%	12%	7.0 mi
New York Mills Secondary	7–12	362	14.4	51%	53%	12.3 mi
Bertha Secondary	7–12	213	13.4	31%	24%	13.0 mi
Sebeka Secondary	7–12	233	13.6	37%	38%	13.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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