Summary:
Winona, Minnesota has 13 schools serving grades PK–12 — five elementary, one middle, five high, and two alternative — split across Winona Area Public School District (7 schools), Bluffview Montessori (1), Riverway Learning Community Charter (2), and Hiawatha Valley Education District (3), with 2,797 students enrolled overall.
Bluffview Montessori has the strongest academic profile, ranked 91 of 458 districts (80th percentile, 4 stars) versus 268 of 458 (2 stars) for Winona Area Public Schools, and it is the only school with all three all-grade subjects at or above state. Washington-Kosciusko Elementary shows the biggest improvement, rising to 52nd percentile with 3 stars and posting the city's highest all-grade math, at 57.1%, despite a 60.17% free/reduced-lunch rate. Winona Senior High, the largest school at 849 students, graduates 90.7% (above the state's 84.9%) but reads at 23.9% versus 48.6% statewide. Riverway Secondary has the city's highest reading, at 61.3%, but its lowest math (21.2%) and science (13.3%).
Science is a weak spot citywide: among schools reporting all-grade science, only Bluffview is above the state rate. Alternative programs such as Winona Area Learning Center, River Valley Academy Alternative Learning Center, HVED Spectrum Program, and SAIL Program serve high-need students and post lower graduation and higher dropout rates. Many small schools suppress test values, which should be read as unknown rather than zero or failure. Enrollment is also concentrated: Winona Senior High and Winona Middle together hold about 54% of students.
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