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Schools in Wadena Township

Wadena Township’s public schools

Wadena-Deer Creek School District and Verndale Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wadena Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/4schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Minnesota’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
46%
2021–22
Math proficiency
33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.2K
▼ 11% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Wadena-Deer Creek
Students per teacher
13.9
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,404 students on the public path
In brief

Wadena Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Wadena Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High places highest (better than 36%); Verndale Secondary lowest (26%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Wadena Township, graded from C to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High and Verndale Secondary. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Wadena Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC to C+
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Wadena-Deer Creek School District.

Two districts serve Wadena Township

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Wadena-Deer Creek School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,079 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 15.0 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,152MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Verndale Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 484 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 11.9 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,670MN $17,091 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Wadena-Deer Creek School District46%
State average 51.1% · 530 students tested
Math · PK–12, Wadena-Deer Creek School District33%
State average 44.8% · 527 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Verndale Public School District39%
State average 51.1% · 243 students tested
Math · PK–12, Verndale Public School District26%
State average 44.8% · 219 students tested

Wadena Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Minnesota towns that share Wadena Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Wadena Township—Wadena-Deer Creek PK–12 · Verndale Public PK–12
Wadena (city)C+Wadena-Deer Creek
Leaf River—Wadena-Deer Creek
Aldrich—Verndale Public
Stowe Prairie—Bertha-Hewitt Public
Compton—Wadena-Deer Creek

3 of the 5 neighbors share Wadena-Deer Creek with Wadena Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Wadena Township

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Minnesota’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Wadena Townshipin other towns
Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Wadena
C
450 students11:1Rate it →
Verndale Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Verndale
C+
253 students12:1Rate it →
Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High
High · Grades 7–12 · Wadena
C+
470 students20:1Rate it →
Verndale Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Verndale
C
231 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Wadena Township’s schools

Are Wadena Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Wadena Township. Wadena-Deer Creek School District and Verndale Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wadena Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Wadena Township in?

Wadena-Deer Creek School District and Verndale Public School District.

Where do Wadena Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High and Verndale Secondary.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.