County / FIPS 27159
Wadena County
Minnesota
Wadena County runs 14 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
14
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
536
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Wadena County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$116.2M
Per resident
$8,260
Change since FY2021
−6%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $124M |
| 2022 | $99M |
| 2023 | $100M |
| 2024 | $99M |
| 2025 | $116M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Wadena County ranks 2213th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Wadena County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Astera Health | Wadena |
Public schools in Wadena County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Childhood Special Education | Freshwater Education District | Wadena | 57 |
| Freshwater Education District Alc | Freshwater Education District | Wadena | 88 |
| Menahga Elementary | Menahga Public School District | Menahga | 681 |
| Menahga High School | Menahga Public School District | Menahga | 283 |
| Sebeka Elementary | Sebeka Public School District | Sebeka | 215 |
| Sebeka Secondary | Sebeka Public School District | Sebeka | 258 |
| Verndale Elementary | Verndale Public School District | Verndale | 263 |
| Verndale Secondary | Verndale Public School District | Verndale | 245 |
| Wadena-Deer Creek 5th and 6th Grade | Wadena-Deer Creek School District | Wadena | 170 |
| Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary | Wadena-Deer Creek School District | Wadena | 449 |
| Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High | Wadena-Deer Creek School District | Wadena | 469 |
| Leaf River Academy | Freshwater Education District | Wadena | 24 |
| White Pine Academy | Freshwater Education District | Wadena | 12 |
| Elm Tree Academy | Freshwater Education District | Wadena | 7 |