Specialized public school district · Wright County
Meeker and Wright Special Education, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Meeker and Wright Special Education runs 9 public schools with 190 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 5.8 students per teacher is 9.4 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 190
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33
- Students per teacher
- 5.8
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 720 9th Avenue, Howard Lake, MN 55349
- Phone
- (320)543-1122
- County
- Wright County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Specialized public school district
- NCES district ID
- 2700045
- State district ID
- MN-520938
- Total staff (FTE)
- 98
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district5.8
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
- $9.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.3 million
- State revenue
- $4.8 million
- Local revenue
- $2.5 million
- Total spending
- $9.3 million
- Salaries
- $5.5 million59.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 24.1%
- State: 49.8%
- Local: 26.1%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Schools in Meeker and Wright Special Education
By level: 5 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cornerstones Program | High | 6 to 12 | 23 | 5.8 |
| Eastern Wright Program | Middle | 5 to 8 | 8 | 4.0 |
| Journeys Alternative Program | Elementary | K to 8 | 9 | 3.0 |
| Meeker-Wright Early Childhood Sp Ed | Prekindergarten | PK | 68 | 17.0 |
| Sholund School for Girls | High | 5 to 12 | 8 | 4.0 |
| Step TD Program | High | 11 to 12 | 18 | 6.0 |
| Trek Program | Other | K to 12 | 7 | 3.5 |
| Village Ranch Alternative Program | High | 5 to 12 | 33 | 5.5 |
| Wings Alternative Program | High | 7 to 12 | 16 | 8.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Wright County
- St. Michael-Albertville Schools 6,795 students
- Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools 5,175 students
- Monticello Public School District 4,013 students
- Delano Public School District 2,457 students
- Dassel-Cokato Public Schools 2,020 students
- Annandale Public School District 2,006 students
- Rockford Public School District 1,565 students
- Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted School District 1,312 students
- Maple Lake Public School District 744 students
- Kaleidoscope Charter School 493 students
- Sherburne and Northern Wright Speci 170 students
- Swan River Montessori Charter Sch 161 students
- Terra Nova School 84 students
- Wright Technical Center 84 students
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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.