Summary:
Windom Middle is the only middle school in Windom Public School District in Windom, Minnesota, serving grades 5–8 with about 359 students. The district ranks 301 of 458 in Minnesota (34th percentile, 2 stars), and the school currently ranks 384 of 546 middle schools (30th percentile, 2 stars). Roughly half its students — 49.58% — are eligible for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.1.
Reading is the school's relative strength. All Grades reading proficiency is 42.0%, above the district's 39.2% and only 6.6 points below the state's 48.6%; 7th-grade reading (39.0%) is just 4.5 points below the state. Reading does slip in the upper grades, falling from 47.9% in 5th grade to 35.1% in 8th grade, a 12.8-point drop. Math and science are weaker. All Grades math is 23.9% — 9.8 points below the district and 21.0 points below the state — and every tested grade trails the state, by 16.4 points in 5th grade, 18.7 in 6th, 19.3 in 7th, and 14.5 in 8th. Science is the weakest subject: 12.6% All Grades versus 16.5% district and 25.5% state, with 8th-grade science at just 6.2% compared with the state's 16.7%.
Year-over-year results are mixed. Math improved slightly for the school (22.71% to 23.9%) while district and state math slipped. Reading declined (44.01% to 42.0%), but the district fell further (44.87% to 39.2%), so the school moved from slightly below district reading to above it. Science declined (16.04% to 12.6%) while the state was nearly flat. Rankings have hovered near the bottom third of Minnesota middle schools: 374 of 545 (31st percentile) in 2023–2024, 379 of 519 (27th percentile) in 2024–2025, and 384 of 546 (30th percentile) in 2025–2026, with a current 2-star rating. For parents, the takeaway is that reading comes closest to state averages, while math and especially science need the most attention.
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