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Best High Schools in Windom, MN

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Schools

368

Students

Districts

Top rankedWindom Senior High266^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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SWWC Alternative Learning Center - Windom

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Summary:

Windom, Minnesota has two high schools serving grades 9–12: the comprehensive Windom Senior High in the Windom Public School District, with 327 students, and the much smaller SWWC Alternative Learning Center - Windom in the Region 6 and 8-SW/Wc Service Coop, with 41 students. This small city in southwestern Minnesota offers families one traditional high school option and one alternative program.

Windom Senior High is about eight times larger and posts the stronger outcomes overall. Its graduation rate of 86.3% in 2024–2025 edged above the state's 84.9%, and its 11th-grade math proficiency of 38.4% in 2025–2026 was above the state's 35.3%. Its 2024–2025 science proficiency of 39.47% was well above both its district (22.81%) and the state (26.15%). However, the school declined year over year: all-grade reading fell from 54.05% to 30.3% and science from 39.47% to 26.3%, while its ranking dropped from 72nd percentile (4 stars) to 44th percentile (2 stars). Its 2025–2026 reading was 18.3 points below the state on all-grade tests.

SWWC Alternative is a small alternative learning center with a higher free/reduced lunch rate (63.41% versus 46.79%) and a slightly lower student-teacher ratio (13.6 versus 14.1). Its reported 2025–2026 proficiency is 0% in every subject shown, and its 2024–2025 science value is suppressed as "—", so it is unknown. Its ranking is near the bottom at 472 of 473. Notably, its dropout rate of 6.2% is lower than Windom Senior High's 7.3% — though both exceed the state's 4.2%. Because one school is a comprehensive high school and the other an alternative program, families should compare them cautiously.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)		MCA-IV Science (2026)		MCA-III Math (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
SWWC Alternative Learning Center - Windom	Public	9-12	1454 6th Ave	Windom	56101	Cottonwood County	Region 6 and 8-SW/Wc Service Coop	No	No	No	No	(507) 537-2258	41	3	13.6	63.4%	28 (68.3%)	3 (7.3%)	5 (12.2%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.4%)	3 (7.3%)	4	472^nd of 473 public high schools	0.2%					(n/a)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Starrs Online Academy	Public	6-12	1012 5th Avenue	Windom	56101	Cottonwood County	Region 6 and 8-SW/Wc Service Coop	No	No	No	No	(507) 360-1876	0	5	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Windom Learn Center Credit Recovery	Public	9-12	1400 17th St	Windom	56101	Cottonwood County	Region 6 and 8-SW/Wc Service Coop	No	No	No	No	(507) 831-6910	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Windom Senior High	Public	9-12	1400 17th St	Windom	56101	Cottonwood County	Windom Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 831-6910	327	23	14.1	46.8%	201 (61.5%)	2 (0.6%)	95 (29.1%)	8 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	11 (3.4%)	47.4	266^th of 473 public high schools	43.8%		71.7	128^th of 450 public high schools	71.6%	138	30.3	30.3	26.3	26.3	38.4	38.4	$15,372

Cities Near Windom

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Heron Lake	9.75 mi	1	347^th
Mountain Lake	12.2 mi	2	300^th
Okabena	12.28 mi	1	385^th
Lakefield	13.73 mi	2	201^st
Westbrook	18.13 mi	1	276^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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