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There were 3,102 students enrolled in Wadena County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Wadena County comprised 50.6% boys, with girls representing the remaining 49.4%.

Data also showed that white students made up 90.3% of the student body, the largest percentage in Wadena County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 3.2%, 2.7% multiracial students, 2.6% American Indian students, 0.7% Black students, 0.4% Asian students, 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and less than 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.

Menahga Elementary had the highest enrollment among Wadena County's 10 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 537 students.

With more than 870,000 students enrolled, Minnesota's public school system is the 10th-largest in the United States. As of 2025 the student-to-teacher ratio in the state’s public schools is 15 to 1, on par with the national average. 

School name	Total enrollment in 2023-24	Total enrollment in 2024-25	% change
Menahga Elementary	511	537	5.1%
Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High	480	470	-2.1%
Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary	464	450	-3%
Menahga High School	434	450	3.7%
Verndale Elementary	262	253	-3.4%
Sebeka Secondary	245	233	-4.9%
Verndale Secondary	247	231	-6.5%
Sebeka Elementary	237	218	-8%
Wadena-Deer Creek 5th and 6th Grade	168	159	-5.4%
Freshwater Education District ALC	82	101	23.2%