Summary:
The Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School District in Minnesota serves 686 students across just two schools — W.H.A. Elementary (PK–6, 369 students) and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec. (7–12, 317 students) — with no middle school or alternative school listed. The district is ranked 308 of 458 in the state, placing it in the 33rd percentile with 2 stars.
The two schools have opposite strengths. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec. is the clear standout for completion and reading momentum: its graduation rate is 93.7% versus the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 3.1% versus 4.2%. Its rank climbed from the 20th percentile (1 star) to the 43rd percentile (2 stars), powered largely by reading rising from 34.01% to 43.5% — a +9.49 point jump while state reading slipped. W.H.A. Elementary, by contrast, is relatively stronger in math (35.7%) and science (15.1%) than the high school, but reading is its weak spot at 38.4%. Its ranking has been stable but low, sitting in the 27th–28th percentile with 1 star for three years.
Across the district, proficiency trails the state in all three subjects, though reading is closest: 40.7% versus the state's 48.6%, a 7.9-point gap, compared with 15.7 points in math and 11.0 points in science. High school math is the single largest weakness at 21.1%, 23.8 points below state, with 7th grade math at just 18.0%. The only grade-level results above state benchmarks are in high school reading — 10th grade at 50.0% and 8th grade at 50.9%. Elementary watch points include 3rd grade reading at 22.9% and 6th grade math at 26.5%, both well below state. Parents should note that elementary free/reduced lunch is 61.79% versus 48.9% at the high school, and student-teacher ratios are 11.0 and 12.2 respectively.
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