Public schools in Winona, MN

Winona has 12 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 2,876 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Winona Area Public Schools runs 7 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Winona's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in WinonaDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Winona Area Public Schools72,455$17,413
Riverway Learning Community Charter2131$14,489
Hiawatha Valley Education District2113not reported
Bluffview Montessori School1212$12,208

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Winona, 1,056 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Winona Senior High84917.926.7%Winona Area Public Schools
Winona Area Learning Center9213.767.4%Winona Area Public Schools
Riverway Secondary6326.860.3%Riverway Learning Community Charter
River Valley Academy Alc5215.657.7%Hiawatha Valley Education District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Winona, 665 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Winona Middle66514.036.5%Winona Area Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 elementary schools in Winona, 1,032 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Jefferson Elementary32212.038.5%Winona Area Public Schools
Washington-Kosciusko Elementary23110.251.5%Winona Area Public Schools
Bluffview Montessori2096.916.3%Bluffview Montessori School
Goodview Elementary20914.037.8%Winona Area Public Schools
Riverway Learning Community Charter619.763.9%Riverway Learning Community Charter

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 other schools in Winona, 123 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Winona Early Childhood Special Ed.767.257.9%Winona Area Public Schools
Hved Ecse4713.128.9%Hiawatha Valley Education District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Winona's public schools compare with Minnesota's

The median Winona school has 13.4 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Minnesota median of 13.7. 0% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 20% across the state. Its median school enrolls 151 students (state 275).

Winona against Minnesota, schools open in 2024-25 with students
WinonaMinnesota
Median students per teacher13.413.7
Median school size (students)151275
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%20%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)67%22%
Charter schools25%12%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 12 Winona schools and the 2,321 Minnesota schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Winona

  1. Winona Area Public SchoolsRuns 7 of Winona's 12 public schools and spent $17,413 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,413
  2. Winona Senior High, the largest high school in Winona849 students in 2024-25, 17.9 per teacher.849
  3. Compare Winona Area Public Schools with Riverway Learning Community CharterWinona's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MinnesotaMinnesota's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Winona addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Minnesota

  1. Saint Paul135 schools
  2. Minneapolis132 schools
  3. Rochester44 schools
  4. Duluth30 schools
  5. Brooklyn Park29 schools
  6. Plymouth27 schools
  7. Bloomington26 schools
  8. Apple Valley20 schools

Questions about schools in Winona

  1. How many public schools are in Winona, MN?
    12 public schools with an address in Winona were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 2,876 students. 3 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Winona?
    Winona Senior High, with 849 students in 2024-25 (Winona Area Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Winona's schools?
    Winona Area Public Schools (7 schools), Riverway Learning Community Charter (2 schools), Hiawatha Valley Education District (2 schools), Bluffview Montessori School (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .