KENYON-WANAMINGO SENIOR HIGH

KENYON-WANAMINGO SENIOR HIGH is a high school of low-enrollment scale in KENYON, Minnesota, part of KENYON-WANAMINGO SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 230 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 38% smaller than typical.

KENYON-WANAMINGO SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 644 students; KENYON-WANAMINGO SENIOR HIGH is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KENYON-WANAMINGO SENIOR HIGH logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KENYON-WANAMINGO SENIOR HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Goodhue County indicate median household income runs about $84,171, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Goodhue County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,099 students), of which KENYON-WANAMINGO SENIOR HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is KENYON-WANAMINGO MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KENYON-WANAMINGO SENIOR HIGH ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 261 students in 2018 compared to 230 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.