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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 56482

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The zip code 56482 contains a single public middle school, Wadena-Deer Creek 5th And 6th Grade, serving grades 5-6. This school is part of the Wadena-Deer Creek School District, which is ranked 287 out of 446 districts in Minnesota and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Wadena-Deer Creek 5th And 6th Grade has an enrollment of 168 students and a student-teacher ratio of 26:1. The school's projected proficiency rates in Math and Reading for 2024-2025 are below the state averages, with 39.62% proficient or better in Math and 54.09% in Reading, compared to state averages of 45.21% and 49.59%, respectively. However, the school's 6th grade students are performing better than the 5th grade students in both Math and Reading, with 45.95% and 64.86% proficiency rates, respectively, compared to 34.12% and 44.71% for 5th grade. Additionally, the school's Science proficiency rate was 66.2% in 2023-2024, significantly higher than the state average of 39.56%.

Notably, 50% of the school's students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant population of students from lower-income backgrounds. This may be an area of focus for the school and district to ensure these students receive the necessary support and resources to succeed academically.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				MCA-III Math (2025)			MCA-III Reading (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Wadena-Deer Creek 5th And 6th Grade	Public	5-6	600 Colfax Ave SW	Wadena	56482	Wadena County	Wadena-Deer Creek School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 632-2400	159	7	21.3	40.9%	136 (85.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.0%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	1 (0.6%)	10 (6.3%)								(n/a)	34.1	46.0	39.6	44.7	64.9	54.1	$6,925

Cities Near Zip Code 56482

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wadena	0.26 mi	9	373^rd
Verndale	6.47 mi	2	372^nd
Bertha	12.64 mi	3	314^th
New York Mills	12.83 mi	2	41^st
Sebeka	13.49 mi	2	222^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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