Enrollment
211
High
DISTRICT 191 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GFW PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 271258000044
GFW High School
1001 N COTTONWOOD ST, WINTHROP, MN 55396 · (507) 207-2250 · Sibley County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL211 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Minnesota public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
79 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 52 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 50 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 55 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 54 | 26% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within GFW Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
43.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
15.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like GFW High School
GFW High School's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GFW High School this school | 211 | 37.4% | 29.6% |
| Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda HECTOR | 245 | 40.8% | 39.8% |
| ADRIAN SECONDARY ADRIAN | 155 | 35.5% | 41.8% |
| FULDA SECONDARY FULDA | 157 | 40.1% | 32.1% |
| Pipestone Senior High PIPESTONE | 302 | 38.4% | 28.2% |
| TRITON HIGH SCHOOL DODGE CENTER | 283 | 32.5% | 48.5% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where GFW High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #306 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #348 of 401 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #239 of 397 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 211 | #331 of 764 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #29 of 332 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #148 of 338 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.4% | #211 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #46 of 146 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
211
-173 (-45%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 385
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 211 | 16.7 | 12.6:1 | 37% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 225 | 17 | 13.2:1 | 41% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 214 | 17.3 | 12.4:1 | 43% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 22 | 17.4:1 | 31% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 245 | 20.1 | 12.2:1 | 33% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 251 | 19 | 13.2:1 | 35% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 18 | 17.2:1 | 36% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 23% (89) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GFW High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (245 to 211); teachers down 17% (20.1 to 16.7).
About GFW High School
GFW High School is a low-enrollment high school in WINTHROP, Minnesota, administered by GFW Public Schools. It had 211 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Minnesota enroll about 371 students on average.
GFW High School is one school in GFW Public Schools, a system of 3 schools with 572 students.
More than half of the students at GFW High School are White (75%). Next come 18% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 88% White among all Sibley County residents. The diversity index for GFW High School is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at GFW High School, giving a ratio of 12.6:1. The school's 12.6:1 compares with an average of 16.3:1 for high schools in Minnesota. By family income, 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, GFW High School lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Minnesota public high schools.
Compared with Minnesota schools that have similar shares of low-income students, GFW High School scores 15.3 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.6%; the prediction is 44.9%.
The school's county is Sibley County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $77,634 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. GFW High School shares Sibley County with 11 other public schools.
GFW Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. GFW High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts GFW High School at 8th of 8.
The federal government classifies GFW High School's location as Rural: Remote.
Federal data put enrollment at 384 in 2020-21 and 211 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.4:1 in 2020-21, and 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Sibley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,005
Census ACS
Median income
$77,634
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
2,034 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GFW Public Schools
- GFW Elementary SchoolElementary · 240 students
- GFW Middle SchoolMiddle · 121 students
Nearby schools
- GFW Middle School0.0 mi · 121
- GFW Elementary School7.7 mi · 240
- SIBLEY EAST-GAYLORD ELEMENTARY8.0 mi · 503
- SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH14.8 mi · 338
- Sibley East Middle School14.8 mi · 248
- Washington Learning Center16.1 mi · 180
Frequently asked questions
About GFW High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at GFW High School?
GFW High School enrolls approximately 211 students in grades 09-12.
Is GFW High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
GFW High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at GFW High School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at GFW High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GFW High School?
At GFW High School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is GFW High School public or private?
GFW High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GFW Public Schools.
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