Best Public Schools in Kenyon, MN

Kenyon, Minnesota is home to three public schools — Kenyon-Wanamingo Elementary (PK–4), Kenyon-Wanamingo Middle (5–8), and Kenyon-Wanamingo Senior High (9–12) — all within the Kenyon-Wanamingo School District, serving 644 students combined. The district ranks 214th of 458 in Minnesota, the 53rd percentile, with 3 stars.

Kenyon-Wanamingo Elementary is the clear standout, with the highest rank percentile (66th, 3 stars). Its all-grade math is 59.2% and reading 56.6%, both above the state's 44.9% and 48.6%, and its 3rd grade results are especially strong (math 73.2%, reading 65.9%). Its 4th grade scores fall below state, however. Kenyon-Wanamingo Middle sits at the 52nd percentile with 3 stars; reading is a relative strength at 50.3%, above state, but math is 24.5% and science just 11.8%, with 5th grade math at 9.3%. Kenyon-Wanamingo Senior High has the lowest academic profile — 33rd percentile, 2 stars, math 15.4% and reading 35.7% — but its graduation rate of 86.9% beats the state's 84.9%.

The main takeaway is uneven performance across grade levels. The district's math score of 31.3% is well below the state's 44.9%, driven almost entirely by the middle and high schools, so the district average hides a strong elementary experience. Several subjects also dropped sharply year over year: high school science fell from 46.15% to 25.0%, high school reading from 50.98% to 35.7%, middle science from 26.55% to 11.8%, and middle math from 36.32% to 24.5%. Elementary reading, by contrast, improved from 46.58% to 56.6%. Elementary has the highest Free/Reduced Lunch rate (31.31%) and the lowest student-teacher ratio (14.8), while middle has the highest ratio (18.9) alongside its weakest math and science results — a pattern worth watching, though the data alone do not show cause and effect.