NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Howard Lake, MN

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7 public K-12 schools in Howard Lake from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
930
Students
31.9/100
Avg Resource Index
14.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Howard Lake has more public-school enrollment than 2% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Sec. enrolls 44.2% of Howard Lake's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 7 listed Howard Lake schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Howard Lake lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 7 to 411 students, a 59-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 98%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
16th percentile
Teacher staffing
62nd percentile

Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Sec. accounts for 44.2% of all Howard Lake public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Howard Lake-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Howard Lake school enrollment varies 59× across entities

Howard Lake school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 411 students (highest), a spread of 404 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Howard Lake student-teacher ratio is 14.4:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Howard Lake is typically wider than the Howard Lake-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Journeys Alternative Program 37
2. Trek Program 34
3. Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Middle 33
4. Meeker-Wright Early Childhood Sp Ed 32
5. Step Td Program 32
6. Hlww Alternative Learning Program 31
7. Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Sec. 24

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Howard Lake

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Journeys Alternative Program 49.4/100
  2. 2 Trek Program 49.0/100
  3. 3 Hlww Alternative Learning Program 47.6/100
  4. 4 Step Td Program 29.1/100
  5. 5 Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Sec. 22.7/100

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Which Howard Lake school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Journeys Alternative Program has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Howard Lake schools in this federal-data comparison at 37/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Howard Lake, MN? ▼

Howard Lake has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 930 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.