Specialized public school district · Wadena County
Freshwater Education District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Freshwater Education District runs 7 public schools with 200 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 7.1 students per teacher is 8.1 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 200
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28
- Students per teacher
- 7.1
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2222 Industrial Drive, Wadena, MN 56482
- Phone
- (218)631-3505
- County
- Wadena County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Specialized public school district
- NCES district ID
- 2700014
- State district ID
- MN-616004
- Total staff (FTE)
- 99
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district7.1
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $10.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.0 million
- State revenue
- $2.9 million
- Local revenue
- $5.0 million
- Total spending
- $11.8 million
- Salaries
- $7.2 million60.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 27.4%
- State: 26.8%
- Local: 45.7%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Schools in Freshwater Education District
By level: 4 high, 1 prekindergarten, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Early Childhood Special Education | Prekindergarten | PK | 64 | 10.7 |
| Elm Tree Academy | Other | 2 to 12 | 9 | 9.0 |
| F.E.D. Royalton Credit Recovery | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| FED Staples-Motley Credit Recovery | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Freshwater Education District ALC | High | 6 to 12 | 101 | 10.1 |
| Leaf River Academy | Other | K to 12 | 15 | 3.8 |
| White Pine Academy | High | 5 to 12 | 11 | 5.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Wadena County
- Wadena-Deer Creek School District 1,079 students
- Menahga Public School District 987 students
- Verndale Public School District 484 students
- Sebeka Public School District 451 students
More in Minnesota
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.