Summary:
Winsted, Minnesota has just one school in the local data: Winsted Elementary, an elementary school serving grades PK–4 with 213 students, part of the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted district. The area summary confirms there are no middle, high, or alternative schools in the city list, so families here are looking entirely at early-elementary data, with students likely feeding into other district schools for upper grades.
Because it is the only school, Winsted Elementary is the standout by default, and its most distinctive pattern is strength in math. In 2025–2026, all-grade math proficiency was 49.4%, which is 16.4 points above its district (33%) and 4.5 points above the state (44.9%). Reading went the other way: 39.2% proficient, which is 6.0 points below the district (45.2%) and 9.4 points below the state (48.6%). That is the opposite of the district and state pattern, where reading outpaces math. Grade-level results are uneven. Third-grade math was a bright spot at 57.1%, close to the state's 57.9% and above the district's 53.7%, while fourth-grade math was 40.5%, below both the district (49.4%) and state (55.2%). Third-grade reading was the weakest reported area at 31%, far below the state's 46.8%, but fourth-grade reading was comparatively strong at 48.6%, essentially at the state's 48.8% and above the district's 44.8%.
Overall, the school ranked 551 of 869 schools in 2025–2026, at the 37th percentile with 2 stars — below the median. There was year-over-year improvement: all-grade math rose from 42.53% to 49.4%, reading rose from 35.63% to 39.2%, and the rank improved from 616 of 872 with 1 star. Even so, it remains below its 2023–2024 position of 475 of 881 at the 46th percentile. Context to keep in mind: 39.91% of students qualified for free/reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, the student/teacher ratio was 13.8, and the district itself ranked 269 of 458, at the 41st percentile with 2 stars.
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