Summary:
Wadena-Deer Creek School District has one middle school in this data set: Wadena-Deer Creek 5th and 6th Grade, which serves grades 5–6 with 159 students in Wadena, MN. Because it is the only school serving those grades in the district, there is no other local middle school to compare it against — the most useful comparisons are to the district overall, to the state, and to the school's own results from the year before. The district as a whole ranks 291 of 458 Minnesota districts (36th percentile), with a 2-star rating.
In 2025–2026, Reading was the school's relative bright spot: 45.1% proficiency, which is 8.5 points above the district's 36.6%, though 3.5 points below the state's 48.6%. Math was the clearest weak spot — 33.9%, or 3.3 points below the district and 11.0 points below the state. Science came closest to state performance: 24.7% versus the state's 25.5%, and 1.2 points above the district. Grade-level figures look fairly even: Math was 34.2% in 5th grade and 33.7% in 6th, and Reading was 46.2% in 5th and 44.2% in 6th. Science is reported only for 5th grade, at 24.7%.
The bigger story is the drop from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Reading fell 8.99 points, Math 5.72 points, and Science 4.22 points, while state declines were under one point in each subject. Reading had been 4.50 points above the state and Science 2.77 points above it; both have since slipped to below or near state average. For context, 40.88% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch and the student-teacher ratio is 21.3. Parents may want to watch whether these declines continue or turn out to be a one-year shift, especially in Reading and Math.
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