BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI

Located at 1321 GILMORE AVE, in WINONA, Minnesota, BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI is a cozy primary school that serves 209 students (grades K through 8), one of the schools within BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 39% smaller than typical.

Operationally, BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI answers to BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI logs that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest breaks down as 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Winona County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.2%; this one delivers 52.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Winona County shows median household earnings sit near $70,744, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Winona County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,580 students), BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WINONA EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL ED., roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI. On composite proficiency, BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area. BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORI has remained close to its prior level, going from 209 students in 2018 to 209 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 6.9:1 in 2025.

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