Summary:
Waseca Intermediate School is a public middle school serving grades 4-6 in Waseca, Minnesota, with a student population of 359. The school is part of the Waseca Public School District, which is ranked 236 out of 463 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Waseca Intermediate School generally performs better than the Waseca Public School District and the state of Minnesota on MCA-III assessments in Math, Reading, and Science. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates were 48.03% in Math, 46.11% in Reading, and 42.5% in Science, compared to the district's 41.86%, 44.53%, and 36.29%, respectively, and the state's 45.47%, 49.85%, and 39.56%. The school also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 10.7 to 11.0 over the past three school years, which is lower than the nearby Waseca Junior High, which had a ratio of 19.9 in 2022-2023.
While the school's student population is predominantly White, it has seen an increase in the percentage of Hispanic students, from 11.86% in 2020-2021 to 15.6% in 2022-2023. Additionally, Waseca Intermediate School has seen a steady increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 32.2% in 2020-2021 to 47.08% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the nearby Waseca Junior High (43.24% in 2022-2023). These factors suggest that the school may be serving a population with greater economic challenges, which could have implications for the school's resource allocation and the types of support services it needs to provide to its students.
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Detail:
Public 4-6
District:
Waseca Public School District
Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,181
Students who attend Waseca Intermediate School usually attend:
Feeder schools for Waseca Intermediate School:
Student/teacher ratio: 10.8
Number of students: 359
Racial breakdown:
White:
75.5%
Hispanic:
15.6%
Two or more races:
6.4%
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African American:
1.4%
Asian:
0.8%
American Indian:
0.3%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 47.1%
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