NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Red Wing, MN

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13 public K-12 schools in Red Wing from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
2,687
Students
33.6/100
Avg Resource Index
16.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Red Wing has more public-school enrollment than 24% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Red Wing's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Red Wing's 13 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 60-point gap between Mcf-Red Wing Maginnis High School and Creekstone Montessori shows the range hidden by Red Wing's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 76%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
21st percentile
Teacher staffing
34th percentile

Red Wing Senior High accounts for 28.4% of all Red Wing public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Red Wing-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Red Wing school enrollment varies 76× across entities

Red Wing school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 762 students (highest), a spread of 752 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Red Wing student-teacher ratio is 16.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Red Wing is typically wider than the Red Wing-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Mcf-Red Wing Maginnis High School 60
2. 5riversonline Elementary 60
3. Colvill Family Education Center 47
4. Burnside Elementary 42
5. Pathways Program Grades 8-12 33
6. Red Wing Senior High 32
7. Reach Programs 32
8. Pathways Program Grades 6-7 30
9. Twin Bluff School 27
10. Sunnyside Elementary 26
11. 5riversonline Secondary 25
12. Tower View Alternative High School 23
13. Creekstone Montessori -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Red Wing

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Mcf-Red Wing Maginnis High School 59.1/100
  2. 2 Sunnyside Elementary 52.9/100
  3. 3 Reach Programs 49.5/100
  4. 4 Burnside Elementary 49.3/100
  5. 5 Pathways Program Grades 6-7 46.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Red Wing?

Which Red Wing school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Mcf-Red Wing Maginnis High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Red Wing schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Red Wing, MN? ▼

Red Wing has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,687 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.