Summary:
Bluffview Montessori is the only elementary school in the Bluffview Montessori district in Winona, Minnesota, so families in this area have a single option: a small K–8 school with 209 students, a 6.8 student-teacher ratio, and 22.01% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Because it is the district's only school, its school-level results and district-level results are identical, which means the most meaningful comparisons are against Minnesota state averages rather than other local schools.
Reading is the school's clearest strength. In 2025–2026, 60.7% of students met reading standards, 12.1 points above the state's 48.6%; the year before was 64.71%, or 15.12 points above the state. Every tested grade was at or above the state level, with the biggest margins in 7th grade (+26.5 points) and 8th grade (+20.6 points). Math improved from 43.8% in 2024–2025, which was 1.41 points below the state, to 47.4% in 2025–2026, or 2.5 points above. Those gains are uneven: 4th and 7th grades scored well above the state, while 5th grade math came in 5.9 points below and 6th grade 8.7 points below. Science slipped from 31.82% to 26.2%, leaving it only 0.7 points above the state; 8th grade science was strong at 29.4% versus 16.7% statewide, while 5th grade was slightly below at 24.0%.
Recent rank history is mixed. The school earned 3 stars in each of the past three years, but its percentile slipped from 69 in 2023–2024 to 67 in 2024–2025 and 62 in 2025–2026, and its rank moved from 277 to 332. The district-level snapshot shows 4 stars and the 80th percentile, a higher result that likely reflects different rating methods or time periods. Overall, parents should see a strong reading profile, improving math with middle-grade gaps to watch, and a recent decline in science proficiency and rank standing at this small school.
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