Kenyon-Wanamingo School District

Kenyon-Wanamingo School District in Minnesota serves roughly 644 students across three schools, one at each level: Kenyon-Wanamingo Elementary (PK–4, 198 students), Kenyon-Wanamingo Middle (5–8, 216 students), and Kenyon-Wanamingo Senior High (9–12, 230 students). The district is ranked 214 of 458 in Minnesota, at the 53rd percentile with 3 stars — a single rating that masks quite different results at each school.

Kenyon-Wanamingo Elementary is the clear academic standout. Its all-grade math proficiency is 59.2%, well above the district's 31.3% and the state's 44.9%, and its reading is 56.6% versus 48.6% statewide. Third grade is especially strong, at 73.2% in math and 65.9% in reading. The school also has the district's lowest student-teacher ratio, 14.8, and the highest free/reduced lunch rate, 31.31%. Kenyon-Wanamingo Middle is mixed: reading is 50.3%, above both district and state, with 6th grade at 58.8% and 8th grade at 54.8%, but 7th grade reading is 38.5% and all-grade math is 24.5%. Kenyon-Wanamingo Senior High has the district's lowest current proficiency in math (15.4%) and reading (35.7%), and ranks at the 33rd percentile with 2 stars.

Completion outcomes tell a different story at the high school: the graduation rate is 86.9%, above the state's 84.9%, and the dropout rate is 4.3%, essentially in line with the state's 4.2%. Recent trends are worth watching. Elementary reading gained about 10 points year over year, while middle science fell about 14.8 points and high school reading and science dropped roughly 15.3 and 21.2 points, even as state results stayed nearly flat. Families should note the steep proficiency gradient across levels — math falls from 59.2% in elementary to 15.4% in high school — making secondary math the district's biggest academic concern.