📍 480 Coney St West, Perham, Otter Tail County, 56573
Prairie Wind Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Perham, Otter Tail County. The school has 515 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Perham-Dent Public School District school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1. 59% of students are proficient in reading. 44% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Prairie Wind Middle enrolls 515 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% White, 8.7% Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 428 | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 45 | 8.7% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 3.7% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
193 of the school's 515 students (37%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 152 qualify for free lunch and 41 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Prairie Wind Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-70, state senate district 8.
Prairie Wind Middle is one of 4 schools in PERHAM-DENT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in PERHAM, Minnesota. The district serves 1,671 students district-wide and employs 89 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 515 students, Prairie Wind Middle is larger than the district average of about 418 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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