Freshwater Education District ALC
Alternative · Grades 6–12 · 101 students
Verndale Secondary
411 SW Brown St, Verndale, MN 56481
Grades
7–12
High
Students
231
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
12 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Verndale Public School District
Wadena County
Schola Grade D · Below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 448 Minnesota high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Minnesota high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Verndale Secondary
Verndale Secondary is a public high school in Verndale, Minnesota, serving grades 7–12. It is part of Verndale Public School District. The school is located in a rural area in Wadena County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 231 students were enrolled, with about 12 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Minnesota high school (14.3 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is D (below average), compared with 448 Minnesota high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 7–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 7–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 231 students
- Students per teacher
- 12 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Distant
- School district
- Verndale Public School District
- County
- Wadena County
- NCES school ID
- 274092001713
Schools near Verndale Secondary
All 3 schools in Verndale →
White Pine Academy
Special Ed · Grades 5–12 · 11 students
Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High
Public · Grades 7–12 · 470 students
Bertha Secondary
Public · Grades 7–12 · 213 students
FED Staples-Motley Credit Recovery
Alternative · Grades 9–12
Staples-Motley Senior High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 309 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.