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Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
215 Colfax Ave Sw
Wadena, MN 56482
Phone
(218) 632-2400
District
WADENA-DEER CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
WADENA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
449
Classroom Teachers
37

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Minnesota

8

(10 is best)

Better than 73.7% of all MN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
46%
51%
64%
45%
27%
56%
46%
51%
64%
45%
27%
56%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
15
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 18 4.0%
Kindergarten 87 19.4%
Grade 1 86 19.2%
Grade 2 86 19.2%
Grade 3 79 17.6%
Grade 4 93 20.7%
Total 449 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 90.5% 91.4% 66.9%
Black 1.9% 1.9% 12.5%
Hispanic 6.9% 5.3% 11.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 1.0% 7.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.4% 2.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 43.0% 37.5% 31.4%
Free lunch eligible 30.1% 26.3% 25.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 12.9% 11.2% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,476 5,717,184
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 45.6 71
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.4% 19.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.3% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.2% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 18.4% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,346 2,256,126
Single Parent Households With Children 11.7% 7.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.9% 93.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 15.5% 38.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.3% 22.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.0% 19.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.9% 13.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.7% 16.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.0% 13.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.8% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 9.3% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,544 $7,928,744 41.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $237 $249,087 1.3%
Staff $461 $484,511 2.5%
General Administration $295 $310,045 1.6%
School Administration $436 $458,236 2.4%
Operation $1,333 $1,400,983 7.3%
Transportation $748 $786,148 4.1%
Other $343 $360,493 1.9%
Total Support $3,853 $4,049,503 21.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,881 $7,231,931 37.6%
Total Expenditures $18,278 $19,210,178 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,905 $7,755,960,452 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $418 $363,966,570 2.3%
Staff $651 $567,318,922 3.6%
General Administration $433 $377,476,006 2.4%
School Administration $553 $482,069,568 3.1%
Operation $895 $779,165,160 5.0%
Transportation $802 $698,249,966 4.5%
Other $317 $276,455,586 1.8%
Total Support $4,070 $3,544,679,184 22.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,020 $4,372,647,761 27.9%
Total Expenditures $17,995 $15,673,352,758 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%