Summary:
The Winona Area Public School District includes three elementary schools — Jefferson Elementary, Washington-Kosciusko Elementary, and Goodview Elementary — serving a combined 762 students. The district itself is ranked 268 of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 41st percentile with 2 stars. Jefferson Elementary (322 students) and Washington-Kosciusko Elementary (231 students) both serve grades 1–4 and are the most directly comparable. Goodview Elementary (209 students) is listed as PK–K, so its state test scores should be read as reported historical data rather than a current result.
Washington-Kosciusko Elementary is the standout turnaround story, rising from the 21st percentile with 1 star to the 52nd percentile with 3 stars, with math up more than 20 points and reading up nearly 14 points year over year. Its 2025–26 math proficiency of 57.1% was the highest among tested schools, above both the district (38.4%) and state (44.9%). Jefferson Elementary remains solid in math at 47.8%, above the district and state, but its reading was 41.7% and its rank slipped from the 50th to the 37th percentile. Goodview Elementary was once at the 84th percentile with 4 stars in 2022–23 and its 2024–25 math was a strong 55.95%, but its rank has declined each reported year.
For families, the clearest shared challenge across these schools is reading. In 2025–26, both tested schools fell below the state reading mark of 48.6%, and the district's reading score was 6.6 points below the state. Fourth-grade reading is a particular pressure point: Jefferson Elementary was 10.6 points below the state and Washington-Kosciusko Elementary was 6.4 points below. Math is the relative strength, with both schools above the district average and Washington-Kosciusko Elementary above the state. With only three schools and small numbers, these patterns are worth watching rather than treating as firm conclusions.
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