Public schools in Willmar, MN

Willmar has 13 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, 5 other, enrolling 4,300 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Willmar Public Schools runs 11 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Willmar's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in WillmarDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Willmar Public Schools114,279$15,958
Technical Academies of Minnesota1146$16,568
Region 6 and 8-SW/WC Service Coop1288not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Willmar, 1,368 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Willmar Senior High1,20516.248.4%Willmar Public Schools
Willmar Area Learning Center917.079.1%Willmar Public Schools
DREAM Technical Academy7222.763.9%Technical Academies of Minnesota

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Willmar, 869 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Willmar Middle School84213.854.2%Willmar Public Schools
Middle School ALC27not reported59.3%Willmar Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 elementary schools in Willmar, 1,875 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Kennedy Elementary67212.260.7%Willmar Public Schools
Lakeland Elementary School62313.463.4%Willmar Public Schools
Roosevelt Elementary58012.458.4%Willmar Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 other schools in Willmar, 188 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Jefferson Learning Center896.460.7%Willmar Public Schools
SWWC ELC - Willmar364.672.2%Region 6 and 8-SW/WC Service Coop
Lake Park School33not reported78.8%Willmar Public Schools
Prairie Lakes Education Center192.463.2%Willmar Public Schools
Lakeview School11not reported72.7%Willmar Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Willmar's public schools compare with Minnesota's

The median Willmar school has 12.4 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Minnesota median of 13.7. 31% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 20% across the state. Its median school enrolls 89 students (state 275).

Willmar against Minnesota, schools open in 2024-25 with students
WillmarMinnesota
Median students per teacher12.413.7
Median school size (students)89275
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)31%20%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)15%22%
Charter schools7.7%12%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 13 Willmar schools and the 2,321 Minnesota schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Willmar

  1. Willmar Public SchoolsRuns 11 of Willmar's 13 public schools and spent $15,958 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,958
  2. Willmar Senior High, the largest high school in Willmar1,205 students in 2024-25, 16.2 per teacher.1,205
  3. Compare Willmar Public Schools with Technical Academies of MinnesotaWillmar's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MinnesotaMinnesota's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Willmar addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Minnesota

  1. Saint Paul135 schools
  2. Minneapolis132 schools
  3. Rochester44 schools
  4. Duluth30 schools
  5. Brooklyn Park29 schools
  6. Plymouth27 schools
  7. Bloomington26 schools
  8. Apple Valley20 schools

Questions about schools in Willmar

  1. How many public schools are in Willmar, MN?
    13 public schools with an address in Willmar were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, 5 other, enrolling 4,300 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Willmar?
    Willmar Senior High, with 1,205 students in 2024-25 (Willmar Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Willmar's schools?
    Willmar Public Schools (11 schools), Technical Academies of Minnesota (1 school), Region 6 and 8-SW/WC Service Coop (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .