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Howard Lake, Minnesota - 9 schools
199
Total Enrollment
9
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Meeker and Wright Special Education operates 9 public schools serving 199 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Wright County.
The funding mix is 25.8% local, 47.8% state, and 26.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 50.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.6% White, 12.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Journeys Alternative Program, with a diversity index of 49.4/100.
Its largest campus is Meeker-Wright Early Childhood Sp Ed, enrolling 68 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Trek Program, at 7 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Meeker-Wright Early Childhood Sp Ed accounts for 34.2% of all Meeker and Wright Special Education student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Meeker and Wright Special Education-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Meeker and Wright Special Education school enrollment varies 9.7× across entities
Meeker and Wright Special Education school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 68 students (highest), a spread of 61 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Meeker and Wright Special Education has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 62.9% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Meeker and Wright Special Education chronic absenteeism rate is 50.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Meeker and Wright Special Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Meeker and Wright Special Education?
Meeker and Wright Special Education has 9 schools, including 6 combined, 1 high, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 199 students.
What is the demographic composition of Meeker and Wright Special Education?
Meeker and Wright Special Education students are 76.6% White, 12.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 9 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.