NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Winona, MN

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

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12
Schools
2,876
Students
44.2/100
Avg Resource Index
16:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Winona has more public-school enrollment than 27% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Winona sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Winona's 12 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.

Governance mix is central to a fair comparison

3 of 12 listed Winona campuses are reported as charters, so district-run and charter records occupy substantial shares of the same city view. They may follow different governance, enrollment, and program structures even when their mailing city matches. The 43-point gap between Riverway Learning Community Charter and River Valley Academy Alc should be read within that context, not as a single-system league table. Check charter status and district affiliation before comparing two nearby schools, and verify current admissions rules with the operator.

City enrollment
Top 73%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
66th percentile
Teacher staffing
43rd percentile

Winona Senior High accounts for 29.5% of all Winona public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Winona-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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

Winona school enrollment varies 18× across entities

Winona school enrollment ranges from 47 students (lowest) to 849 students (highest), a spread of 802 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Winona student-teacher ratio is 16.0:1 — 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 Winona is typically wider than the Winona-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

3 of Winona's 12 listed schools are charters

25% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Riverway Learning Community Charter 58
2. Washington-Kosciusko Elementary 54
3. Winona Area Learning Center 53
4. Goodview Elementary 51
5. Winona Early Childhood Special Ed. 50
6. Jefferson Elementary 49
7. Winona Middle 42
8. Bluffview Montessori 41
9. Riverway Secondary 41
10. Winona Senior High 39
11. Hved Ecse 37
12. River Valley Academy Alc 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Winona

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 Winona Area Learning Center 66.4/100
  2. 2 Washington-Kosciusko Elementary 59.5/100
  3. 3 Riverway Learning Community Charter 57.8/100
  4. 4 Jefferson Elementary 57.3/100
  5. 5 Winona Middle 47.9/100

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Which Winona school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Riverway Learning Community Charter has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Winona schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Winona, MN? ▼

Winona has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,876 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16:1.

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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.