Summary:
ZIP code 56101 covers Windom, Minnesota, where five schools serve roughly 1,262 students across two operators: Windom Public School District, which runs an elementary (PK–4), a middle school (5–8) and a high school (9–12), and Region 6 and 8-SW/Wc Service Coop, which operates two small alternative programs. The district as a whole ranks 301st of 458 Minnesota districts — below the state median — and its three schools sit between the 27th and 48th percentile statewide.
Windom Senior High is the district's highest-ranked school (266th of 473, 44th percentile), with a graduation rate of 86.3% against the state's 84.9%. It also edges the state in science (26.3% vs 25.5%) and 11th-grade math (38.4% vs 35.3%), though its ranking swung from the 72nd percentile two years earlier. Windom Area Elementary posts the ZIP's best math proficiency at 51.4%, well above the district's 33.7%. Windom Middle is the weakest district school: math 23.9% versus 44.9% statewide, and science 12.6% versus 25.5%. The cooperative programs serve higher-need populations — SWWC ELC - Windom has the highest free/reduced lunch share (about 81%) and smallest classes (5.2:1), while SWWC Alternative Learning Center - Windom reports 0% proficiency in math, reading and science with a 75.0% graduation rate.
Reading is the most consistent weakness: every general-education school trails the state, and reading fell at all three year over year. Parents should note the middle school's math and science gaps and the abrupt drop between 4th-grade math (52.5%) and 5th-grade math (25.5%). At the high school, the 86.3% graduation rate coexists with a 7.3% dropout rate, nearly 1.75 times the state's 4.2%. The alternative programs are tiny, at about 41–42 students each, so their results reflect a high-need intake rather than typical outcomes.
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